Why is the price of eggs so high? Trump can't lower them - and doesn't care to.

[Zorro]

Perhaps if we were dealing with undocumented Guatemalan chickens, President Trump would find time to address the bird flu issue.

Why the heck isn’t President Donald Trump doing something about the price of eggs? I was told, repeatedly, the high price of eggs and other grocery items was the No. 1 issue for American voters, leading them to pick a convicted felon as president over a highly qualified woman.

Once that happened, I figured, “OK, that seems a little crazy, but at least now the egg prices will go down. And I love eggs!”

But now I keep reading that egg prices will continue to rise. A CNN headline the other day read: “Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year.”

I did not expect that! I was told the old guy who got elected president so he could fix egg prices was going to handle that issue. Has he forgotten? Is the 78-year-old Trump, as was often alleged of President Joe Biden, experiencing cognitive decline?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/27/trump-egg-prices-tariffs-bird-flu/77962628007/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Consumers will revolt when a dozen eggs cost about the same as a steak.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. People here have reported prices for eggs

to range from $1.99/doz to at least $10/dozen. I don't buy eggs, and I haven't bothered to price them at my grocery store.