With Thanksgiving less than three weeks away, the question of how much this year’s turkey and trimmings will cost looms large, especially with grocery prices 2.7 percent higher than they were in 2024.

President Donald Trump has claimed over the past two days that costs for the Thanksgiving meal are down 25 percent this year, citing a prepackaged Thanksgiving meal basket from Walmart.

“I just saw that Walmart came out with a statement last night, they’ve done it for many years, that Thanksgiving this year will cost 25 percent less than Thanksgiving last year,” he said during a news conference on Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

But Trump’s numbers are off. Here’s a closer look at the facts.

CLAIM: Walmart prices show that the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is 25 percent

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