President Trump's plan to increase beef imports might sound good for grocery store prices, but American cattle ranchers are sending a clear message to the White House: You're fixing the wrong problem, Mr. President.
While the Trump administration works to expand beef imports as part of its broader strategy to combat inflation and lower food costs for American families, the nation's cattle producers say the REAL crisis crushing their industry isn't foreign competition - it's the suffocating web of federal regulations and corporate monopolies that Washington refuses to tackle.
"We don't need cheaper foreign beef flooding our markets," said one longtime Texas rancher who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We need Washington to get off our backs and break up the meat packing cartels that are squeezing us dry while consumers still pay through the nose."
The REAL Enemy: Corporate Monopolies
Here's what the mainstream media won't tell you: Just four massive corporations control over 80% of America's beef processing. These giants - Tyson, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef - have created a stranglehold that keeps rancher prices artificially low while consumer prices remain sky-high.
Meanwhile, federal agencies pile on with endless environmental regulations, land use restrictions, and bureaucratic red tape that make it nearly impossible for family ranchers to compete. The very agencies Trump promised to slash are still making life hell for the backbone of American agriculture.
"Every day we deal with more paperwork, more inspections, more hoops to jump through," explained another rancher from Montana. "But somehow these mega-corporations get sweetheart deals while we're regulated into bankruptcy."
This is exactly the kind of swamp behavior that Trump's base elected him to drain. American ranchers - the same patriots who overwhelmingly supported Trump in 2024 - are watching their livelihoods destroyed not by fair competition, but by the cozy relationship between Big Ag and Big Government.
The question patriots need to ask: Will President Trump listen to the American ranchers who helped put him back in the White House, or will he let the corporate lobbyists and bureaucrats continue strangling the heartland? Our food independence - and the survival of family farming - hangs in the balance.