Most mainstream media narratives say the health of the U.S. economy rides on the day-to-day cost of eggs, and persistently high prices prove that President Donald Trump is failing at his job. But that talking point fell flat on Tuesday after officials announced that the price of a dozen eggs is now lower than when the Republican took office.
The news was broken by Brooke Rollins, the president’s secretary of agriculture, during an interaction with the media.
“We’re more focused on how we bring the price of eggs down and the avian bird flu for everyone,” Rollins said about the virus that’s killed hundreds of millions of chickens in the past year. “A good piece of news we’ve gotten in the last day or two is the price of a dozen eggs has now gone down a dollar and eighty-five cents since we announced our plan about a week and a half ago.”
On X, Republican Congressman Mike Collins (R-GA) credited the Trump administration with managing to steer the turnaround despite the Biden-Harris administration ordering the killing of approximately 166 million birds before President Trump took office.
Former President Joe Biden left behind a contracting economy that saw the price of a dozen eggs reach an average of $6.57, an all-time high. Shortly before Tuesday’s announcement, commodity watchers cited by Rep. Collins pegged the national average price at $6.08. […]
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