The Steaks Are High: Trump Announces New Midterms Affordability Move
Ground beef hit $6.89 a pound. That is up 57% since 2021. Trump waived the out-of-quota tariff on 300,000 tons for 90 days.
Summary
- The Daily Caller reports President Donald Trump announced Friday a 90-day waiver of the out-of-quota tariff on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported product for ground beef, saying the beef would be sold at 25% below current market prices.
- BLS data cited in the piece put average ground-beef prices at $6.89 a pound in July, a 57% increase from 2021, after years of a smaller U.S. herd and steady demand.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that the deal 'will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.' Drought has shrunk pasture and forced expensive feed or culls, per USDA context in the report.
- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association has warned similar plans 'create chaos' at a critical season and do not lower grocery prices. The piece notes Argentina sold more than $801 million of beef into the U.S. over five years while buying just over $7 million of American beef.
Commentary
A dad in a grocery aisle still feels the cold from the case on his wrists and does the math on four patties the way he used to do the math on a tank of gas. $6.89 is not a headline. It is Tuesday.
That is the gap. Fifty-seven percent since 2021. Ninety days. Three hundred thousand tons. Twenty-five percent under the sticker, if the commitment holds. Ranchers hear chaos. The lunch-pail hears a number that might move. Both can be true. Only one pays at the register this week.
Ask every parent wrapping burgers for a Friday practice: if the herd needs years and the price needs weeks, who still treats a temporary waiver like a betrayal of the flag?
Comments
$6.89 is a fact. 57% is a fact. A 90-day valve is a fact. Argue the register.
I respect the herd. I also remember empty cases. Grow the cows. Do not lecture the cart.
Tariff schedules are tools. A temporary out-of-quota waiver is a tool. Sunset it on day 91.
Allies use food valves in a crunch. Print the 25% and audit the invoices.
Watch who hides the $801 million vs $7 million line. Trade imbalance is not a vibe.
I buy the 80/20 after a double. If it drops, I notice. If it does not, I notice louder.
Practice night is ground beef. Ninety days is a school quarter. Make the sticker move.
Food inflation is a security issue. A full freezer is a calm street.
Daily Caller printed $6.89, 57%, 300,000 tons, 90 days, and 25%. Argue those nouns.
Audit the 25%. Sunset the waiver. Rebuild the herd so the valve can close.
