Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, informed Breitbart News late last week that President Donald Trump and his administration are prioritizing efforts to bring down the cost of eggs across the country and are prepared to take any necessary steps to make it happen.
Rollins, who was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as Trump’s USDA Secretary, spoke to Breitbart News on her first full day in the role. Prior to this, she had served in Trump’s first term and later established the America First Policy Institute, an organization dedicated to advocating for America First principles. After Trump’s landmark win in the previous election, she was appointed to lead the USDA, a pivotal department responsible for shaping policies related to food pricing. This was her inaugural print interview with a non-trade outlet.
According to Rollins, one of the key components of Trump’s agenda is to reduce food prices and combat inflation, and she is committed to driving efforts to make that a reality.
“First of all, it’s very clear that the president campaigned on significant and transformational change,” Rollins shared with Breitbart News. “Having been next to him for three years in the last White House, having launched the America First Policy Institute to continue the America First policies beyond President Trump—when I launched it I didn’t know he was going to run again so that wasn’t even really part of the plan, but we knew when the next conservative administration came in we wanted to be ready, and I believe just so sincerely that our team in the last Trump administration was ready and then when that opportunity came again that we would prepare for that day.”
“So when the president obviously ran again and began to talk directly to the American people it was border security, it was peace through strength, it was education opportunity, but right up there was food prices,” she continued. “In many of his interviews and many of his campaign stops, he talked about what happened under Joe Biden and the inflation rates and what that has done to moms who are trying to buy groceries. I am a mom of four teenagers. I feel this like everybody else does. It’s really imperative to me and it’s very top of the list to work as very hard as I can to help the president effectuate his vision on this issue of food prices, and specifically with eggs.”
Despite ongoing economic challenges, food prices have continued to climb. The latest inflation reports show that the price increases under President Biden were more severe than most had expected, with eggs being one of the most affected products. In addition to inflation, the egg industry has been devastated by avian flu, which has caused significant shortages, leading some retailers to impose purchase limits on eggs.
Rollins shared with Breitbart News that immediately after her Senate confirmation and swearing-in as USDA Secretary, she dove right into briefings about egg prices and the avian flu crisis. She has already had discussions with President Trump and senior White House economic officials, such as National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, about the situation. While she did not provide specific details, she hinted that major actions regarding egg prices would be announced soon by the administration.
“My very first briefing—I think I was voted on around noon yesterday, I was sworn in around 3, took a couple pictures, and then I immediately went into a briefing on avian flu and egg prices with the team at USDA,” Rollins recounted. “I think I had about eight people in my office at USDA about it. I’ve already talked to the president about it. I’ve talked to my counterparts in the White House over at NEC, Kevin Hassett, and we’re not ready to announce anything yet, but next week we’ll be talking about this much more specifically.”
“I want to really get my arms around it before I start talking too much, but there are some real paths we can take,” she added. “I think it’s real important for your audience to understand these egg prices are at an almost 40-year high and that this has been an upward trajectory for a little while. Now, under the four years of Trump, they came back down in ’17, ’18, ’19, and ’20. At least in recent history, those years we had some of the lowest prices on record.”
“But it is the last four years that have absolutely spiked egg prices, and it’s not surprising because we know the Biden approach of more regulation and higher taxes spiked costs for everyone,” Rollins pointed out. “I don’t yet want to cast blame or point fingers, but we knew this avian flu was a problem over the last several years, and why more wasn’t done to address it three years ago, two years ago, one year ago? I’m still trying to figure out. But we’re on it. We’re on it. And we’re going to do everything we can to address it.”
In discussing the USDA’s potential response to the dual challenges of inflation and avian flu, Rollins suggested that the department is exploring various options, including bolstering biosecurity measures and efforts to help farmers rebuild their flocks.
“We’re looking at every tool in the toolkit including biosecurity measures,” Rollins explained. “There are some successful models out there that the USDA is implementing on a much smaller scale. Maybe with all of the cancellation of DEI programs, and we can talk about DOGE too, but identifying additional funding for our farmers to be able to protect against the avian flu is really important in terms of biosecurity measures. There are other countries in the world that use vaccines for their egg-layers that have none of these issues. That’s a complicated solution because there are some trade implications that have to be considered. But listen, when Canada’s price of eggs is much lower than ours and they’re using that approach, that’s something we need to take a very strong look at.”
“Working to accelerate repopulation as the Biden administration and their USDA depopulated—which means wiped out—millions and millions of egg-layers,” Rollins also noted. “How do we quickly repopulate those farmers and their flocks? These are all really important points, and there are some other things we can do, but I think it’s important to note that it’s not going to happen overnight. This is years of arguably ineffective decision-making and not completely addressing the problem. There is a good chance we begin to cool this down over the coming weeks, more likely the coming months, and we’re already in talks with other food producers across the country, but I think it’s important everyone realize there is not a magic wand to be waved here. But there are some things we can do to begin tackling it not just for the next quarter of this year but for the next 10 years and 50 years to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”
{Matzav.com}
This country can afford to subsidize the eggs to bring down prices till a long term solution can be found, eggs is a staple food especially for low income families, what are they waiting for?
This country can afford to subsidize eggs to bring down the cost till a more permanent solution can be found. Eggs are a staple food especially for low income families, what is the government waiting for??
Proud that she is not shooting her mouth off and reacting impulsively. If a problem is not properly studied, the suggestions cannot lead to problem solving. This could not have occurred under Biden, who lacked the cognition to address the problem, nor did he appoint problem solvers.
הוי מתפלל בשלומה של מלכות.
Lowering the price of eggs will be done utilizing several steps:
1: The president has authorized an immediate release of 1 billion eggs from the Strategic Egg Reserves. While this will only alleviate the issue for a short time, it will give breathing space for the next stage.
2: The famous Egg Beaters company has stepped into the fray, and have announced a breakthrough solution: They will be beating the chickens in order to get them to produce more eggs in the same time. This is a well-researched method, with roots going back to ancient Egypt and the building of Pisom and Ra’amses.
3: The CIA has announced that in a special covert operation they have managed to locate and bring to the US the last surviving members of the Council of Sages of Chelm. Those wise men are known in their ingenuity in addressing food shortages, and will be completely solving the issue once they convene and implement a new version of their “milk is now cream” decree, and will declare that orbees are now to be known as eggs, and eggs will be known as orbees. This will make ‘eggs’ plentiful again, while no one really has any use of orbees.
The only way we are going to get this “egg-flation” down is by ending the serious shortage of eggs. This terrible shortage has been directly caused by the fiendish program by the evil cabal of the New World Order, Yimach Shemam V’Zichram, to eliminate the supply of eggs — and all poultry and meat and dairy — as part of their wider plan to eliminate ALL food in
order to kill us all by starvation, Rachmana Litzlan. They have thus sent in their officers & agents — many times in the middle of the night — to confiscate & steal massive quantities of eggs, to gun down whole herds of cattle & flocks of chickens, to ignite huge fires to incinerate meat & poultry & egg production plants & storage facilities and to totally close down entire farms.
B’Ezras Hashem, to deal with this situation, requires two things: First of all, we must clarify to ourselves what is the Emes; therefore we must clearly realize that all the thick propaganda that the New World Order has been spewing at us, that eggs cause heart attacks and cows cause global warming and chickens got “the flu,” are all absolute total lies!! When we realize this, that eggs & poultry & meat & milk & butter & cheese are not “bad,” but, on the contrary, are absolutely crucial parts of our sustenance, we will be motivated to protect them.
So, B’Ezras Hashem, the farms and the meat & poultry & egg processing plants & storage facilities need to have patrols of armed guards who, around the clock, 24/7, closely watch the grounds and ward off any goons who are coming to steal or damage or start fires.
If officers arrive at a farm and “inform” the owners: “These eggs are ‘infected’; they must be taken & destroyed” or “This herd of cattle is ‘infected’; they must be put down” or “This flock of chickens is ‘infected’; they must be killed.” With giving the utmost respect & honor, the farmer must respectfully but firmly reply: “Your Honor: These eggs are going nowhere!!” and “Your Honor: Not one cow is going to die!!” and “Your Honor: Not one chicken is going to die!!”
If, when the farmer, very respectfully & eloquently, thus explains that he cannot follow such destructive “instructions,” RACHMANA LITZLAN, the officers respond that he will then be subject to arrest and pointing their guns at him & his family & his workers proceed to take them into custody — it is glaringly clear that they are coming for our blood!! We do know that in this week’s Parsha of Mishpatim and in the Gemara in Mesecta Baba Kama, in the Inyan of “Haba B’Machteres” (where the criminal is coming for blood) the Torah and Chazal tell us that a person has a Chov Kodesh – a Sacred Obligation to defend himself!!
Furthermore, we well saw during the Covid episode, when people began realizing that the whole Virus Scare was a gigantic horrendous scam, more and more and more people began opening back up their stores & their businesses & their restaurants and “dared” the New World Order police to come arrest them. Seeing that there was growing firm opposition, as their lies were being exposed, the N.W.O. henchmen — who are really a gang of sick cowards — were compelled to back off.
Again though, Rachmana Litzlan, that it should ever come to such a point of the gun. Da’as Torah of the Greatest Gedolay Torah would be desperately needed to properly deal with it.