U.S. Division of Agriculture knowledge reveals that egg costs elevated 14.5% since President Donald Trump took workplace, rising from $6.57 to $7.52 per dozen. And for the week of Feb. 2 by means of Feb. 7, egg costs have gone up much more, with giant eggs costing $7.72 per dozen.
Hen flu has brought about egg costs to rise to all-time highs in grocery shops, fast-food chains, and diners, however Trump has but to deal with the problem.
In actual fact, since his second time period started, Trump has solely uttered the phrase “food” six instances when talking at a political rally or to reporters. He hasn’t mentioned the phrase “eggs” since he was sworn in.
As a substitute, Trump has been targeted on signing a staggering 84 government actions—together with orders, proclamations, and memos—with not a single one targeted explicitly on decreasing meals prices. After combing by means of the textual content of every government motion, Every day Kos discovered that the phrases “food” and “eggs” have been used one single time.
A Feb. 1 government order on tariffs in opposition to Mexico, Canada, and China doesn’t solely omit meals prices, however it will really increase meals costs for People.
All of Trump’s sweeping government orders present his priorities clearly lie elsewhere, like falsely blaming DEI for a tragic airplane crash, appointing televangelists to an “anti-Christian bias” taskforce, discriminating in opposition to trans individuals, and unconstitutionally banning birthright citizenship.
Trump is probably going banking on People having brief recollections, because it was only some months in the past that he couldn’t cease speaking about how he’d repair meals costs earlier than being elected.
Over the last days of his marketing campaign, from October 12 to November 4, he talked about “eggs” 4 instances and “food” 23 instances. However throughout his first week in workplace, he modified his tune, telling reporters that inflation is now not his No. 1 challenge.
“They all said inflation was the No. 1 issue. I said, ‘I disagree,’” Trump mentioned on Jan. 26. “I talked about inflation too, but how many times can you say that an apple has doubled in cost?”
Democrats take to the ground to name out Trump’s ‘eggflation’
“Why did the Senator cross the road?” Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island requested on Thursday. “To assist drive down ‘eggflation.’”
“The Trump Administration has taken zero substantive steps to address the situation,” he mentioned in a letter to USDA decide Brooke Rollins on Thursday, urging her to behave on decreasing egg costs.
On Tuesday, Sen. Jacky Rosen, Democrat of Nevada, addressed Trump’s inaction on decreasing meals prices on the Senate flooring. She confirmed images of her state’s “empty shelves where the eggs are supposed to be” and mentioned that, if individuals can discover them, “they cost an arm and a leg.”
Whereas Democrats are combating to decrease prices and calling out Trump’s tariffs as “taxes on working families,” the GOP is about on supporting Trump’s chaotic and costly commerce conflict, regardless of how a lot it hurts People’ wallets.
“These tariff taxes will affect groceries because the U.S. imports 38% of our fresh vegetables, 60% of our fresh fruit, and more than 99% of the coffee we drink. If we take all these together, Americans could be seeing an extra $200 a year on their grocery bills because of the Trump tariff tax,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire mentioned on Wednesday.
Trump is making it obvious that he has no plans to work on decreasing meals costs, and he most likely by no means did—he simply knew what to say to swindle voters.
