Egg costs have surged to an all time excessive within the new 12 months. As Donald Trump and his billionaire cabal enter the White Home, the rising grocery costs highlights how disingenuous the hand-wringing was throughout the Biden administration.
To be clear, the surge in egg prices is out of Trump’s tiny fingers. The avian flu, which has been ravaging farms throughout the nation since this summer time, has created huge shortages, rising the worth of eggs to greater than $7 per dozen in some locations.
In the meantime, fast-food chains like Blake’s Lottaburger in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are reportedly planning on including a $1 surcharge to meals that embrace eggs beginning on Thursday.
However President Joe Biden wasn’t provided that little bit of grace throughout the preliminary surge in egg prices in 2023 when it was revealed that a big swatch of inflationary prices have been as a result of company malfeasance, particularly collusion between the 2 largest egg producers within the nation.
In the meantime, Trump’s flock of quacks occupying the U.S. authorities consists of uncooked milk purveyor Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his decide to run the Division of Well being and Human Providers. There may be little or no purpose to suppose that Kennedy—or TV physician Mehmet Oz—has any solutions associated to public well being, not to mention a surging avian flu disaster.
Actually, it was reported Tuesday that the Trump administration has put a pause on federal well being companies’ communications. So if you happen to have been hoping to remain on high of public well being issues, like containment (or lack thereof) of the avian flu, you’re out of luck.
And whereas Trump can’t be blamed for the circumstances surrounding skyrocketing egg costs, it’s a excellent encapsulation of how acutely bogus his claims have all the time been.
Trump waited till profitable the election earlier than admitting that he wasn’t going to be decreasing grocery costs anytime quickly. This wasn’t a lot of a shock to the folks really listening to his speeches on the matter, because it was all the time unclear whether or not or not Trump understood what groceries have been within the first place.
Trump’s incapability to expedite his guarantees to the American folks is nothing new, however he has been keen to behave in a short time in an effort to subject petty assaults on his perceived enemies, whereas signing a slew of racist and unpopular government orders.
The president has but to indicate any signal of lifting a finger to assist unburden the common American.
