Despite Trump’s Promises To Lower Prices, Americans Are Still Asking, ‘Where’s The Beef?’
President Donald Trump's moves to allow foreign beef to flood domestic markets in an attempt to lower prices may have been a losing bet.
President Donald Trump’s moves to allow foreign beef to flood domestic markets in an attempt to lower prices may have been a losing bet.
Trump is still facing backlash from U.S. ranchers and some Republicans over his decision to allow the importing of roughly 600 million pounds of foreign-supplied beef, POLITICO reported Friday. The move comes after beef prices rose to $6.92 per pound in August, up from the January 2025 average of $5.55 per pound.
The White House and U.S. Department of Agriculture did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.
“There’s a lot of frustration and anger,” Kansas Farm Bureau President Glenn Brunkow, a fifth-generation farmer, told the outlet.
Burnkow said opening beef imports to countries like Brazil reduces the value of the American cow — which can usually sell for