An article the president reposted on Truth Social contends that inflation isn’t as severe as critics suggest.
    • earphone843@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      I mean, the price increase of eggs is largely because of the bird flu. I criticize him at every opportunity, but he doesn’t have a ton of control over that.

      • mvmike@lemmy.ml
        100·
        2 months ago

        Well, he made the cost of eggs one of his main campaign topics. He had absolute control over that.

      • hopesdead@startrek.website
        32·
        2 months ago

        There are people who will argue about bird flu influencing the price. However, when it comes to the Trump Administration, they will only blame the previous administration. They won’t try to take any responsibility for failing to meet the expectations of lowering the price that they promised.

      • klemptor@startrek.website
        27·
        2 months ago

        I think bird flu is a convenient excuse for price gouging, just like we saw during pandemic. He could easily address that if he wanted to. He just doesn’t care.

      • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
        24·
        2 months ago

        When he ran on that specific thing he better figure it out. And why is America seeing increases when other places are not?

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          I’ve been wondering that, especially for Canada- how have they kept avian flu from jumping the border? Someone said they tend to have more smaller farms with more room per chicken, rather than relatively few giant factory farms

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        2 months ago

        Egg supplies in the US are down like 5%. The price bullshit isn’t just from that.

        EDIT: Because I know some people will want some hard numbers, I looked some up quickly.

        USDA report puts some hard numbers on American egg production (Published: February 20, 2025, so these are 2024 numbers)

        The average number of egg-laying hens fell to 375 million, a 2 percent drop from the previous year, while egg production declined 1 percent to 109 billion eggs. The total U.S. chicken inventory also decreased by 2 percent, reaching 514 million birds.

        Despite a modest rise in broiler chicken prices, egg prices have surged. In late January, the wholesale price for large eggs in New York soared to $7.46 per dozen — more than double last year’s $2.94. USDA now projects an annual average egg price of $4.44 per dozen.

        Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains a major driver of price fluctuations. Though the report does not account for recent bird losses in 2025, economist Bernt Nelson of the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that 43 million birds were lost in January and February alone — representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022. These losses suggest continued price volatility as producers work to rebuild flocks.

        https://www.agdaily.com/livestock/poultry/usda-report-puts-hard-numbers-on-american-egg-production/

        Now, the article does mention the recent bird infections being higher at 25%, however look at the specific wording used. “representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022”. So it’s saying the recent infections and kills represent that amount from the last 2+ years of avian flu infections, not a sudden spike of 25% of the current supply.

      • DogWater@lemmy.world
        8·
        2 months ago

        The down votes are because people are mad that you’re right.

        However they made it a campaign issue so it’s fair game

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 months ago

          Exactly, you run on the claim that you’ll plummet egg prices immediately, you better plummet egg prices immediately. And more importantly you better not pull out the exact same line the previous administration gave for why they’re high, even if it’s true

            • sporkler@lemmy.world
              2·
              2 months ago

              Ideally I want him to have not made something out of his control into a campaign promise that his supporters believed, but since he did, he should own it.

              Or do we give him a pass because a reasonable adult wouldn’t believe anything he says is true?