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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 109 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe starting a trade war was not the move.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 56 points 2 months ago

I dunno. He was getting a really bad, very bad deal on egg prices from Canada. Those greedy people are very nasty. Not nice at all. All this land, lots of eggs. Wont share. I don’t know why governor Trudeau drinks milkshakes, made with non USDA milk while my fellow Americans suffer from an eggidemic.

Not right. Something bigly must be done. I think maybe tariff the land crabs next.

[–] zeppo@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That should be a cinch now that he's pissed off most of our trade partners. It's like yelling at your neighbors "don't EVER park here!" and building an ugly high fence, then 5 days later knocking at their door "hey, can I borrow a cup of flour?"

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 15 points 2 months ago

You forgot about him insulting and threatening to rape your wife, claiming she wants nothing better and you’re just his pimp for the time being

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (3 children)

"Trump administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently addressed rising prices, suggesting that Americans should begin maintaining backyard coops and produce their own eggs."

Having to grow your own food is peak dystopia.

[–] ghostrider2112@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

lol…especially since most zoning regulations prohibit it (raising chickens). many communities have been fighting for years to be able to do such a thing. they would literally love to.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 6 points 2 months ago

Yes this is a great move with fucking bird flu out there. Jesus christ.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 months ago

it's like the opposite of Mao's leap. Instead of farmers moving to cities we'll all be farmers.

Weird too with this bird plague, Mao killed a lot of birds too didn't he?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

A real artist.

[–] protist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

the art of the deal

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 months ago

I hear Canada has lots of eggs and they are USA's closest ally, haven't been following the news in 2 weeks though, there is no way decades of relations could have possibly been destroyed in that short amount of time, right?

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would rather look elsewhere rather than actually deal with the bird flu and price gouging corporations

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Republicans love treating the symptoms rather than even considering taking a look at root causes. The root causes usually lead to their donors.

[–] KiwiTheFlightless@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

We have Ukrainian Eggs here in Singapore's supermarkets. It would be delicious if Ukraine negotiated military aid with eggs.

[–] slartibartfast@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can I not offer him an egg in this trying time?

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Not this time. I'm sorry, jon.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just eat all the bird flu "infected" chicken eggs.

They're not harmful. That's just liberal propaganda.

[–] Ghost33313@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wash it down with raw milk. They will cancel out.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 2 months ago

What about a strong light inside the egg?

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago
[–] towerful@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago
[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

Funny he added a 250% tarrif on dairy products at my grocery store eggs were always referred to as part of the dairy products. It would be a shame if someone read the cia sabatoge manual and happened to interpret this new tariff like grocery stores would.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

Trump admin can go fuck itself!

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

I suppose Canada and Mexico are not likely sources of eggs anymore.

[–] WildRose@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

"Let them eat tariffs" - Marie Canadette

[–] mcteazy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Well well well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The only choice is to get them from Mexico or Canada, two countries they severely pissed off. Getting eggs from elsewhere would probably require to fly them in, which would be rather costly. And result in a lot of scrambled eggs, if American air space does not get safer.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

So, he's been left with egg on his face then?

I'll see myself out 😉

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

No thanks. Maybe tax the eggs more and use the funds to subsidize vegetables

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Egg.

Egg.

Egg.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

No shit sherlock.