Trump admits tariffs are a tax on America's love for hamburgers and allows 300,000 metric tons of ground beef imports at 'below current market prices'

https://fortune.com/2026/08/21/donald-trump-tariffs-300000-tons-ground-beef-imports/

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ZebulonP@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1d (1 reply)

By that admission, it stands to reason that all tariffs are a tax on Americans.

Not surprised by that lack of foresight.

credo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d

No, it’s only on their love. It’s their hate he wants.

kibblebits@quokk.au · 14 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Discount Trump brand ground beef.

Just say that every time you think you’re hungry.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 4 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Hey some of us have no problem putting trump’s cheap meat in our mouths.

NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1d

Somehow after reading this I just keep vomiting.

minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1d (3 replies)

Oh and it's ground beef. So less identifiable as beef at all.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 1d (2 replies)

And now we know what happened to the wild horses.

bcgm3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18h (1 reply)

TRUMPBurgers™ are only slightly less than 50% horse meat which according to TRUMPLaw™ means we don't have to say it on the packaging and so what you said is TRUMPDefamation™ because it hurts Trump's TRUMPFeelings™ so prepare to get TRUMPSued™ (and/or possibly TRUMPDeported™)!

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 13h

This is Donald Trump we’re talking about.

He’ll just sign an executive order officially renaming horesemeat to be called American Beef.

DrPop@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d

Doesn't this just hurt small farmers, because now they are forced to sell their beef below market price, causing them to lose money?

Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Ground "beef".

Trump just signed off on wild horses to be sold off for slaughter. I can hear RFK salivating from here.

alsimoneau@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1d

I mean horse meat is delicious.

BassTurd@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d

Slaughtered horse is too fresh for his liking.

BassTurd@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d

As much as I like a good burger, I can just not eat burger. Non meat beef alternatives are certainly an option, but so are a plethora of other foods. Honestly, if this significantly hurts mega beef producers, I'll take that as a win. That would be a win for global climate change at least.

YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Make America Vomit Again?

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d

Temu Ozempic. Between that, and the explosive diarrhoea, i mean. Trumps weight loss plan.

SaltyAmerican@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Its the meat that China refused a few months ago

Cherries@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19h

It could be the meat the EU refused for September. It could be horse meat. It could be random raccoons RFK Jr. has been collecting.