Trump attacks bidges: egg prices explode because of bird flu!

Trump attacks bidges: egg prices explode because of bird flu!

On March 5, 2025, President Donald Trump gave a controversial speech in the US Parliament, during which he described his predecessor Joe Biden as the "worst president in American history". In his speech, Trump criticized several aspects of Biden's politics, especially his migration policy, which he classified as "crazy and very dangerous". He argued that bidges opened the bids of the United States to migrants and blamed him for an alleged flooding of the country with criminals and crazy immigrants.

Another important topic that Trump appealed in his speech was the current increase in egg prices. He complained that the prices for eggs in the USA were "out of control" and attributed this price increase to a serious outbreak of bird flu. According to Radio Ennepe Ruhr there is an acute egg deficiency in the USA.

background of the high egg prices

The situation around egg prices is not new. In the past few months, the costs for eggs have increased dramatically. According to The press cost a dozen large eggs of quality class A in December 2022 about $ 4.15, while the price was only $ 2.50 in the year. The cause behind this increase is devastating effects of bird flu, which led to the champion of numerous laying hens to contain the expansion of the plague. This led not only at higher prices in the USA, but also to a lack of organic eggs in Austria.

political reactions to Trump's criticism of bidges and egg prices were not long in coming. Democratic MP Ted Lieu asked in a tweet how the pardon of criminals allegedly could lower egg prices. The "Lincoln Project" and the author Susan Glasser also expressed her ridicule about the current situation.

look at the current situation

The bird flu H5N1 has caused alarming headlines worldwide, and there was also a human death in the United States, which followed in January 2023. It was a person who had contact with infected birds. The situation raises questions about how effective and quickly the government reacts to such crises. It remains unclear whether the government of Trump will address the specific topic of egg prices separately in the future. Supermarket chains such as Walmart and Aldi try to meet various strategies of increasing demand.