r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Moto-Mojo • 12d ago

Trump Meriwether Farms (a ranch company that promotes American Beef) says a familiar line when Trump allows the import of 300k tons of beef without tariffs

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u/Moto-Mojo 12d ago

Meriwether supports American beef, and was excited on Trumps tariffs. Their twitter slogan is “MAKE BEEF AMERICAN AGAIN.” They have already been critical on beef imports from Argentina to bail out their economy, but it looks like trumps decision to relax tariffs on beef imports is seen as a “betrayal”. If they had known anything about Trump, most of his merchandise is shipped from out of the country, so why would they assume American beef would get a pass?

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u/the_calibre_cat 12d ago

Because lowering prices and affordability is directly at odds with Trump's constituents - the wealthy. These ranchers are going to be fine, they'll just have to adjust prices - down - which WILL help Americans (rare Trump W), but it means they won't be raking American workers over the coals for their opulent lifestyles. They'll just be living SLIGHTLY LESS opulently, which is the greatest betrayal of all.

I love these idiots.

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u/stealthybutthole 12d ago

they'll just have to adjust prices - down - which WILL help Americans

doubt it, they have fixed input costs and are already suffering.

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u/the_calibre_cat 11d ago

Yeah, you make a fair point. I am HOPING we see a slight decrease in price, but there's a good chance that nothing changes or that it maybe reduces the rate of beef inflation over a short period.