Trump Has Beef With Other Republicans (Literally)
Alternetamerica.com reports:
Beef currently has an easier path through customs than a Canadian with a valid passport.
In February, Trump signed a deal with Argentina President Javier Milei to allow 80,000 metric tons of tariff-free beef into the country. In August, the USDA recalled nearly 30,000 pounds of the Argentine beef from stores in Texas and Florida after learning it had been sold without ever going through mandatory federal inspections. The agency classified it as a Class I health hazard, the highest category.
Two weeks later, Trump paused tariffs on another 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef for 90 days. He claimed foreign exporters have agreed to sell the beef at 25 percent below current market prices, but didn’t say which countries or companies are involved in the agreement.
More than a dozen GOP senators publicly condemned the move, including high-ranking senators like John Barrasso of Wyoming and Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, who is a cattle rancher, called it a betrayal of the American people.
The administration has now tried to fix beef prices twice, and the only thing it has actually lowered is the ranchers’ opinion of the president.
Beef currently has an easier path through customs than a Canadian with a valid passport.
In February, Trump signed a deal with Argentina President Javier Milei to allow 80,000 metric tons of tariff-free beef into the country. In August, the USDA recalled nearly 30,000 pounds of the Argentine beef from stores in Texas and Florida after learning it had been sold without ever going through mandatory federal inspections. The agency classified it as a Class I health hazard, the highest category.
Two weeks later, Trump paused tariffs on another 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef for 90 days. He claimed foreign exporters have agreed to sell the beef at 25 percent below current market prices, but didn’t say which countries or companies are involved in the agreement.
More than a dozen GOP senators publicly condemned the move, including high-ranking senators like John Barrasso of Wyoming and Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, who is a cattle rancher, called it a betrayal of the American people.
The administration has now tried to fix beef prices twice, and the only thing it has actually lowered is the ranchers’ opinion of the president.
