New York’s Attorney General Letitia James, along with other local government officials, is warning businesses against price gouging amidst a national egg shortage caused by the bird flu affecting poultry farms. Consumers, like Minneapolis resident Sage Mills, are feeling the impact of skyrocketing egg prices, which is also posing a potential political challenge for former President Trump. The Trump administration is being blamed by Democrats for not fulfilling his promise to lower food prices, with Karoline Leavitt even pointing fingers at the Biden Administration for rising egg prices. The shortage of eggs is being attributed to the USDA’s mass killing of over 100 million chickens, which has disrupted the chicken and egg supply chains in the country. Trump’s pick to head the USDA, Brooke Collins, is working with the White House economic team to address the egg shortage. The surge in egg prices is coinciding with Trump’s implementation of tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico, and China, a move that is expected to raise prices of other consumer goods and potentially jeopardize the post-pandemic economic recovery that began under Biden. Canada, Mexico, and China have all vowed to retaliate with their own tariffs, further complicating the economic landscape. Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen has criticized the tariffs, stating that it will ultimately be the American people who bear the financial burden of these actions.
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