White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first official White House press briefing in Washington DC. WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Burns ‘Reporter’ With a Brutal Reality Check When He Tries to Blame the Price of Eggs on President Trump
Washington Examiner’s Christian: “You mentioned the inflation executive order the President signed, but egg prices have skyrocketed since President Trump took office, so what specifically is he doing to lower those costs for Americans?”
Leavitt: “Really glad you brought this up because there is a lot of reporting out there that is putting the onus on this White House for the increased cost of eggs. I would like to point out to each and every one of you that, in 2024, when Joe Biden was in the Oval Office — or upstairs in the residence sleeping, I’m not so sure, egg prices increased 65 percent in this country. We also have seen the cost of everything, not just eggs, bacon, groceries, gasoline have increased because of the inflationary policies of the last administration. As far as the egg shortage, what’s also contributing to that is that the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore, a lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage, so I will leave you at this point. This is an example of why it’s so incredibly important that the Senate moves swiftly to confirm all of President Trump’s nominees, including his nominee for the United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who is already speaking with Kevin Hassett, who’s leading the economic team here at the White House on how we can address the egg shortage in this country. As for costs, I laid out costs — I laid out the plethora of ways that President Trump has addressed saving costs for the American people over the past week. He looks forward to continuing to doing that in the days ahead.”
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