U.S. ranchers are displeased with comments President Trump made regarding their success being related to his tariff plan.
In an Oct. 22 Truth Social post, President Trump stated “the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50% Tariff on Brazil.”
Industry groups say the president’s agenda is having the opposite effect.
Tariffs and other trade barriers do little to help farmers succeed, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said.
“Efforts to manipulate markets only risk damaging the livelihoods of American cattlemen and women, while doing little to impact the price consumers are paying at the grocery store,” the organization said in an Oct. 22 statement.