‘A Betrayal’: Ranchers Slam Trump Plan to Buy Beef From Argentina With US Tax Dollars

Photo: Cattle ready for sale in Argentina – July 24, 2009. Photo credit: Beatrice Murch via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Jessica Corbett. Common Dreams – October 20, 2025.

US ranchers and industry groups are responding critically to President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “would buy some beef from Argentina,” in a bid to “bring our beef prices down,” while pursuing an up to $40 billion bailout for the South American country. Trump made the suggestion to reporters on Air Force One Sunday, according to the Associated Press. A few days earlier, he’d said that a deal to cut the price of beef was “gonna be coming down pretty soon.” The AP noted various reasons for “stubbornly high” US prices, including drought and reduced imports from Mexico. […]

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