There aren’t many politicians — not even U.S. President Donald Trump — who could get away with claiming credit for pushing beef prices to historic highs while at the same time telling producers they need to drop their prices.

“The Cattle Ranchers, who I love, don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50 per cent Tariff on Brazil. If it weren’t for me, they would be doing just as they’ve done for the past 20 years — Terrible! It would be nice if they would understand that, but they also have to get their prices down, because the consumer is a very big factor in my thinking, also!” Trump posted on his Truth Social account this week.

He’s not getting away with it.

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