Donald Trump Amplifies Stunning Message amid Looming Recession Fears: 'Shut Up About Egg Prices'

Mar. 15, 2025

PresidentDonald Trumpreposted an unexpected message about egg prices as they continue to skyrocket across the United States and fears of a recession grow louder.

In the article, Kirk reacted to egg costs, which have grown exponentially in recent weeks as inflation rises and thebird flu outbreak worsens. Echoing a recent talking point from Trump’s White House, Kirk placed the whole of the blame on former PresidentJoe Biden, also claiming that — even if there’s no quick end in sight for the grocery issue — Trump is focused on saving Americans money elsewhere.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House on March 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker/Getty

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Lowering the costs of grocery items and other goods was one of Trump’s biggest2024 campaign promises. He vowed back in August that he would “immediately bring prices down, starting on day one” if he was elected.

After Trump was sworn in and the economy continued facing challenges, the White House changed its tune and acknowledged that the president has limited control over some sources of inflation — the last spike of which was due to factors like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch a SpaceX Starship rocket launch on Nov. 19, 2024.Brandon Bell/Getty

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During a White House press briefing in late January, press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed the cost of poultry products and blamed Biden for rising prices with “everything” across the country.

Trump also shifted the blame, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity in February, perHuffPost, that while “inflation is back,” he wasn’t to blame for it. “I’m only here for two and a half weeks … I had nothing to do with it.”

President Donald Trump speaks about his goals at his golf club in Miami on Jan. 27, 2025.Joe Raedle/Getty

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Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board previously toldCNNthat people should expect to continue to see high prices for a carton of eggs until the bird flu is no longer detected.

“Not to be the bearer of bad news, but we’re in this for a while,” Metz told the outlet of egg shortages. “Until we have time without a detection, unfortunately this very, very tight egg supply is going to continue.”

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TheAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service, which is part of the Department of Agriculture, noted on its website that “there is no treatment” for bird flu and the only way to “stop the disease is to depopulate all affected and exposed poultry” — a process that the Biden administration began before he left office.

Donald Trump at his first presidential address to Congress on March 4, 2025.Andrew Harnik/Getty

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Egg prices are only a small piece of the economic fears that are dominating the global conversation right now, as Trump also imposes steep tariffs on international imports, which economists expect to cause another spike in inflation.

Amid Trump’s flip-flopping plans for international tariffs — and other countries' retaliatory measures against the United States — the stock market has proven unstable and sparked fears of a looming recession.

“I would have said a couple of months ago a recession was really unlikely this year. Now, it’s probably not 50/50, but getting close to 50/50,” former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers told CNN on Monday. “There is one central reason. Economic policies that are completely counterproductive.”

Trump himself has also refused to rule out a recession, saying on Fox News’Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo: “I hate to predict things like that. There is a period of transition because what we’re doing is very big.”

source: people.com