Brooke Rollins
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So I believe that you won't see a significant increase or maybe even an increase in the price of eggs in the coming weeks that we feel pretty confident in where that is.
For example, President Trump laid out with a giant graphic of all the countries where tariffs were going to be, what he called reciprocal tariffs, were going to be imposed. And you're imposing a 10% tariff on the herd in McDonald Islands. The herd in McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants. They have zero exports. They have zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins.
For example, President Trump laid out with a giant graphic of all the countries where tariffs were going to be, what he called reciprocal tariffs, were going to be imposed. And you're imposing a 10% tariff on the herd in McDonald Islands. The herd in McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants. They have zero exports. They have zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins.
For example, President Trump laid out with a giant graphic of all the countries where tariffs were going to be, what he called reciprocal tariffs, were going to be imposed. And you're imposing a 10% tariff on the herd in McDonald Islands. The herd in McDonald Islands have zero human inhabitants. They have zero exports. They have zero imports. They do have a lot of penguins.
Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?
Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?
Why are you putting import tariffs on islands that are entirely populated by penguins?
He said, if they're violating federal law, Brooke, we should not be sending them federal taxpayer dollars. And I said, sir, you're 100 percent right. And he said, well, go fix it. So that's what we did at USDA. Yesterday, the letter we sent to Governor Mills said immediately we are freezing the funds. This is not just a threat that's empty.
He said, if they're violating federal law, Brooke, we should not be sending them federal taxpayer dollars. And I said, sir, you're 100 percent right. And he said, well, go fix it. So that's what we did at USDA. Yesterday, the letter we sent to Governor Mills said immediately we are freezing the funds. This is not just a threat that's empty.
He said, if they're violating federal law, Brooke, we should not be sending them federal taxpayer dollars. And I said, sir, you're 100 percent right. And he said, well, go fix it. So that's what we did at USDA. Yesterday, the letter we sent to Governor Mills said immediately we are freezing the funds. This is not just a threat that's empty.
This is what the Trump administration does, and this is who we are. We are here to fight for American people, the American values, an American dream, and our American girls and women every single day. So those are the steps we're taking at USDA to effectuate his vision.
This is what the Trump administration does, and this is who we are. We are here to fight for American people, the American values, an American dream, and our American girls and women every single day. So those are the steps we're taking at USDA to effectuate his vision.
This is what the Trump administration does, and this is who we are. We are here to fight for American people, the American values, an American dream, and our American girls and women every single day. So those are the steps we're taking at USDA to effectuate his vision.
And his tools in that tool basket of how to truly bring our economy back after the malaise of the Biden years, but it's gonna be a little bit bumpy. It will be imperfect. I mean, if it was easy and you could do it overnight, then it would happen with a snap of a fingers, but that's not it. And I think what's really telling
And his tools in that tool basket of how to truly bring our economy back after the malaise of the Biden years, but it's gonna be a little bit bumpy. It will be imperfect. I mean, if it was easy and you could do it overnight, then it would happen with a snap of a fingers, but that's not it. And I think what's really telling
And his tools in that tool basket of how to truly bring our economy back after the malaise of the Biden years, but it's gonna be a little bit bumpy. It will be imperfect. I mean, if it was easy and you could do it overnight, then it would happen with a snap of a fingers, but that's not it. And I think what's really telling
is the president is so focused on not the short term, which as we all know, in politics, everyone's always worried about the short term. He truly wants to fix America so that we have the American dream for everyone in a way that we lost in the last four years. And until Trump won, we'd lost for a long, long time. So this is really the reality where we are today.
is the president is so focused on not the short term, which as we all know, in politics, everyone's always worried about the short term. He truly wants to fix America so that we have the American dream for everyone in a way that we lost in the last four years. And until Trump won, we'd lost for a long, long time. So this is really the reality where we are today.
is the president is so focused on not the short term, which as we all know, in politics, everyone's always worried about the short term. He truly wants to fix America so that we have the American dream for everyone in a way that we lost in the last four years. And until Trump won, we'd lost for a long, long time. So this is really the reality where we are today.
But I think Kevin's vision that it's going to be a little bumpy for a few weeks. But once we move into second quarter, we'll see a turnaround through deregulation, through lower taxes, through less government, through a focus on private enterprise and free markets versus a focus on bigger, bigger, bigger government spending, which is what we had in the last administration.