The president was asked by a reporter on Wednesday if he had spoken with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, about the tariffs that have sparked a potentially costly trade war between the countries, and have led to predictions of empty shelves before the end of the year as imports dry up.

Trump said he had not, and offered his own prediction as to how Christmas might look for American families.

“Somebody said, ‘Oh, the shelves are gonna be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” he said.

“So maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”

Some real “let them eat cake”/“it’s one banana, Michael” vibes. Like the average American family has been buying “30 dolls” for their kids for Christmas for years. And people thought Biden and Kamala were out of touch with the economy?