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The Trump administration faces a dilemma as skyrocketing egg prices due to bird flu have forced Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to consider emergency imports.

With eggs now averaging $8 per dozen (up from $2.25 last fall), Trump may need to request imports from countries he's recently antagonized—particularly Canada, the largest U.S. egg importer, which Trump has threatened with tariffs and annexation.

Other potential egg suppliers (Netherlands, UK, China) have also faced Trump's recent hostility through tariffs or threats.

Meanwhile, Turkey plans to export 420 million eggs to the U.S., but this represents less than 5% of monthly U.S. production.

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[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

I hope Trudeau tells him to pound sand.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 35 points 5 hours ago

If i was Canada leadership I would give eggs for 50% mineral rights and demand he say thank you and repeat he has no eggs over and over again.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 22 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What if we take our remaining eggs and force feed them to trump until he explodes. I would be willing to sacrifice my eggs for that

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

I'm thinking how he gets his protein has something to do with how putin controls him.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 68 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Dear Canada, as an American, please don't send us any eggs. 77M+ people here need to face the FO part of FAFO.

[–] Enceladus@lemmy.ca 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

At about 1,4$US for a dozen, why don't you come visit instead?

Peanut fried fries, day fresh cheese curds, steaming thick chicken BBQ sauce with an over easy egg on top is worth the detour.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 13 points 16 hours ago

Been a couple times, would love to go again! Great food, nice people, great sights. Unfortunately, as a non-white person, leaving the States right now except for some permanent reason seems tenuous to me, and I've a family to consider.

Working on convincing everyone to move, but it's tricky with jobs and pets and extended family kids...but we'll see.

In the meantime, I've been buying eggs from local farmers directly for ~$5-$6 per dozen which is less than the store and half the time is basically a neighbor of mine.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 52 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

One of the oldest addages: Don't put all your eggs in one basket

The US is facing rising egg costs because their chicken farms are absolutely massive and susceptible to disease. Ironically a larget network of small farms results in stable prices.

This is a metaphor for all of capitalism.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Fuck em. I like inexpensive eggs and it's not like they would send us shit if the shoe were on the other foot. Besides, we have a supply system and would effectively be subsidizing US exports with higher prices. So double fuck em.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 2 points 5 hours ago

Also... You don't really need eggs. It's not water or medicine or anything like that, they just need chicken periods because they nood something to gobble down beacon

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

We could just try not eating any, or at least not so many.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The egg thing is really strange to me. Are people eating a few eggs every single day? I usually buy an 18 count every few weeks at most.

I understand that eggs are used in a significant amount of products that aren't just raw eggs, but the people complaining so loudly are probably not the businesses that use them.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 29 minutes ago

The direct issue is the price on the shelf. People see it and get angry, but it raises the cost of a significant number of products in the store.

The other problem I see is that eggs are $8 a dozen and the shelves are FULL. That's not a shortage driving the price-up scenario. That's farmers doing a money grab.

If your self is mostly empty and their high priced, it's super legit. If there's no shortage week after week and the prices are 2x-3x it's shenanigans.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I eat one a day and sometimes the family has breakfast together with eggs on the weekends

[–] ehfkjrehfjer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Haven't had one in 20 years tbh...

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 34 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I hope Canada puts a 100% tariff on eggs to the USA, get those egg prices up to $1.50 per egg.

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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 78 points 22 hours ago (18 children)

Trump Might Have to Ask Foes Like Trudeau for Emergency Eggs

Woah woah woah. Why the ever-loving fuck are they calling Trudeau a "foe"?! Are they just priming people to believe we're enemies now so that when the inevitable invasion comes they feel justified?!

Language matters and this is yet another disgusting betrayal.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 31 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck even is 2025 though

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago

Americas fall into full blown fascism.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Trudeau would be within his rights to tell him to suck off

[–] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Or "suck an egg" if you will.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 53 minutes ago
[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 120 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

Trudeau should provide eggs on these conditions:

  1. The egg cartons are labeled "a gift from your neighbors in Canada" with a flag on it
  2. The american flag isn't featured anywhere on it
  3. Trump's name and signature can't be featured anywhere on it

Then send Trump the agreement for signature. Points #2 and #3 are obvious things to leave off a carton of eggs, until you tell Trump he can't have them, then they'll become a critical issue blocking his signature. Then go on Twitter and Truth Social and say "We have 2 billion eggs ready for you guys and Trump is refusing to let us send them" and let the shitstorm follow.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 74 points 23 hours ago

Also insist that Trump has never thanked Canada.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 172 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Trudeau should plan a meeting in Ottawa to sign the egg pact, then berate Trump's ill-fitting suit and say that Canada will slap a 100% export tariff on eggs to the US unless Trump hands over Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

He won't, because not even Trudeau is that big of an asshole.

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

"Canada is holding the egg cards! You've never once thanked Canada for our eggs!"

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I might just move to Canada if he does that.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 1 points 49 minutes ago

Sure, we have a golden citizenship for 20 millions (CAD, makes it cheaper for you). You'll still be an immigrant tho, so expect our conservatives to tell you your DEI if you work and a parasite if you dont.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 23 points 20 hours ago

“We MUST invade Canada. Not for the oil, not for the water, not for the minerals, steel or aluminum, but for the eggs! Get America cracking again!”

[–] Zier@fedia.io 91 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Spoiled eggs from Turkey sounds like a great way to Make America Sick Again, LOL. Dear Canadians, Please post photos of your inexpensive eggs. Additionally, please post photos of all the items you use eggs to make. Fuck trump.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I actually do have a photo of Canadian eggs ($3.79 CAD is about $2.50 USD)

Oh, Canada

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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 39 points 23 hours ago (5 children)
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[–] froh42@lemmy.world 38 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Zelensky should have brought a carton of eggs to the oval office.

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[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oof.

Or oeuf, as we sometimes say in Canada.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago

Un oeuf, deux zeux.

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