WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s visit to a McDonald’s summit on Monday to talk up his affordability agenda comes as he is struggling with a major economic problem: soaring beef prices.

High food costs have been weighing on economic sentiment in the United States, and few meals hit closer to home than hamburgers when it comes to the president. Trump has been known to serve McDonald’s at the White House, eat it in Saudi Arabia and even have it delivered while appearing in court.

But with beef prices approaching $10 per pound, the Trump administration is scrambling to bring them down, including by lowering tariffs on beef imports and trying to address a shortage of cows. With many Americans frustrated by Trump’s tariffs, his advisers have been straining to blame the high cost of hambu

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