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Despite the factual accuracy of when this began, it does not mean he can go unblamed.
I mean, the price increase of eggs is largely because of the bird flu. I criticize him at every opportunity, but he doesn't have a ton of control over that.
Well, he made the cost of eggs one of his main campaign topics. He had absolute control over that.
They did fire a bunch of people working on bird flu...
We were paying people to create the bird flu?! Good thing DOGE got rid of that inefficiency.
There are people who will argue about bird flu influencing the price. However, when it comes to the Trump Administration, they will only blame the previous administration. They won’t try to take any responsibility for failing to meet the expectations of lowering the price that they promised.
I think bird flu is a convenient excuse for price gouging, just like we saw during pandemic. He could easily address that if he wanted to. He just doesn't care.
When he ran on that specific thing he better figure it out. And why is America seeing increases when other places are not?
I’ve been wondering that, especially for Canada- how have they kept avian flu from jumping the border? Someone said they tend to have more smaller farms with more room per chicken, rather than relatively few giant factory farms
Egg supplies in the US are down like 5%. The price bullshit isn't just from that.
EDIT: Because I know some people will want some hard numbers, I looked some up quickly.
Now, the article does mention the recent bird infections being higher at 25%, however look at the specific wording used. "representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022". So it's saying the recent infections and kills represent that amount from the last 2+ years of avian flu infections, not a sudden spike of 25% of the current supply.
The down votes are because people are mad that you're right.
However they made it a campaign issue so it's fair game
Exactly, you run on the claim that you'll plummet egg prices immediately, you better plummet egg prices immediately. And more importantly you better not pull out the exact same line the previous administration gave for why they're high, even if it's true
So, you want him to lie about why they're high? I agree with the campaign promise, though.
Ideally I want him to have not made something out of his control into a campaign promise that his supporters believed, but since he did, he should own it.
Or do we give him a pass because a reasonable adult wouldn't believe anything he says is true?
Yes, we know. All 735 of the billionaire families will receive savings at the very least. Thank you for your generosity.
Lol, absolutely not. Our eggs were sub $4 up until a 4-6 weeks or so ago. Now they’re $8-9.
“Almost all the increase took place during Biden’s final months in office.“
I’m insulted on the behalf of the idiots who routinely believe his blatant lies