Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed buying beef from Mexico is a national security issue .

Something something blah blah, the US isn't feeding itself, so Americans must pay more. (Like all Trump cabinet secretaries, Brooke Rollins was hired for loyalty, not competency.)

Fox News host Laura Ingraham expressed concern that steak prices are exploding.

INGRAHAM: Okay, so the halting of the cattle trade with Mexico and a lot of Americans don't know that we get so much of our beef from Mexico, but we do, so it's drastically reduced compared to the first half of 2024, so we've bought 63% less live animals from our southern neighbor.

ROLLINS: That's right.

INGRAHAM: So is there a concern that our costs are going to continue to go up because affordability is a big issue for Americ

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