Las Vegas restaurant owner has some bones to pick with Trump

By: April Corbin Girnus

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 831

Last Updated: 1 day ago

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Lucy’s Ethiopian Restaurant owner Woldu Tereda recently bought 25 pounds of tomatoes for $53. One week earlier, the same amount of tomatoes had cost $17, three times less.

“Every time I go to Restaurant Depot, I get frustrated,” Tereda told the Nevada Current. “Every time I go, maybe once or twice a week, it’s ‘Surprise!’ It’s always more.”

Tereda blames President Donald Trump’s tariff policies for those price hikes and the instability they have brought …

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