P resident Donald Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that American cattle ranchers "have to get their prices down," and that the tariffs he's enacted are "the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades."

While beef prices have increased since COVID — up 51% in five years, according to federal data — the price of cattle has also climbed. That's allowed Colorado ranchers to reinvest their profits.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday lambasted the Trump administration’s bailout of Argentina, calling it “one of the grossest things” she’s “ever seen.” Greene made the comments as a guest on Tucker Carlson’s show on YouTube,

Politicians, ranchers, industry experts and even Argentina’s own former undersecretary of Agricultural Markets agree that importing Argentinian beef is unlikely to lower U.S. grocery prices. That’s because Argentina consumes more beef than any other country per capita, meaning they only have so much left over to export. (9)

The United States wants to keep out a flesh-eating parasite. But its strategy is costly for Mexico’s ranchers.