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In reply to the discussion: Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef [View all]

Eugene

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1. Trump Finds Bonkers Target to Blame for Affordability Crisis
Reply to Eugene (Original post)
Sun Nov 9, 2025, 03:22 PM
Nov 9

Source: The Daily Beast

Trump Finds Bonkers Target to Blame for Affordability Crisis

Jack Revell
Sat, November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM EST
4 min read

President Donald Trump has identified his prime suspect in the great affordability crisis of 2025: foreign-owned meatpacking companies.

The finger-pointing came shortly after Trump was confronted about cost-of-living pressures affecting Americans, with the president insisting groceries were “way down” under his leadership.

Trump, lashing out on Truth Social, announced that he had instructed his Department of Justice to investigate the “fishy” business going on with rising beef prices.

“While Cattle Prices have dropped substantially, the price of Boxed Beef has gone up—Therefore, you know that something is ‘fishy,’" Trump wrote.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-finds-bonkers-target-blame-080537181.html

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Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef [View all] Eugene Nov 9 OP
Trump Finds Bonkers Target to Blame for Affordability Crisis Eugene Nov 9 #1
Price controls and a command economy. How "freedumb" of him. RockRaven Nov 9 #2
It's also very Argentine of him peppertree Nov 9 #4
Well high tariffs have something to do with high prices................. Lovie777 Nov 9 #3
Do we get the $40 billion back from Argentina? We could use it about now. SNAP and all. Scrivener7 Nov 9 #5
Luckily - of that, Bessent has only blown around $3 billion. Question is, how much MORE will they throw at Buenos Aires? peppertree Nov 9 #6
I thought everything was going well and prices were at an all-time low. . . Journeyman Nov 9 #7
Trump: "it's far less expensive under Trump ... and the prices are way down" progree Nov 9 #8
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