Trump accuses foreign-owned meat packers of inflating U.S. beef prices

Photo: Side of beef – USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center (CCTC) located at Colorado State University – March 30, 2023. Photo credit: USDA photo by Rene Carranza via Flickr. Public domain. Article by Darlene Superville, AP and Steve Karnowski, AP. PBS News – November 7, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday accused foreign-owned meat packers of driving up the price of beef in the U.S. and asked the Department of Justice to open an investigation. The Republican president announced the move on social media days after his party suffered losses in key elections in which the winning Democratic candidates focused relentlessly on the public’s concerns about the cost of living. […]

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