Rollins’ claim that prices for other protein sources were “coming down” is inaccurate. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the cost of eggs, while lower than in 2025, has increased in recent months, increasing by 4.3% from May to June, falling by 0.5% from June to July, and then increasing again by 2.9% from July to August. Pork and chicken costs both increased by 0.4% from July to August.
Meanwhile, prices for ground beef hit a new record after reaching an average price of around $7.16 per pound as of August, an increase of 0.6% from July and 7.9% when compared with the previous year.
“If Joe Biden said anything close to this, MAGA would’ve had a total meltdown,” argued Democratic influencer Harry Sisson in a social media post on X to his more than 400,000 followers. “Now this is just part of Trump’s messaging. Hypocrisy at its finest.”
Others, like the progressive media organization MeidasTouch, jokingly argued that Rollins was “about two weeks away from telling people they can always eat bugs.”
“You will eat the bugs, you will live in the pod,” quipped Damin Toell, a New York-based attorney, in a social media post on X.
A multi-millionaire telling people to eat other protein that they also cannot afford is about as close to a “let them eat cake” moment as we’ll probably get.
Does America need to ween itself off of its addiction to beef specifically, and over-consumption of protein (especially animal protein) in general? Yes, absolutely.
Does this particular person saying this as a member of this particular administration, for these poor particular reasons have the exact tenor of “Let them cake”? Also, yes, 100%.
The entire developed world needs to ween itself off of so much animal protein.
Absolutely true, no argument there, but North America has a particular problem with animal protein as a cultural thing. It’s just basic stuff like portioning. You look at the amount of meat that goes on a plate for one person in an American family restaurant and compare it to what would go into an average stir fry, for example, and the difference is ridiculous. Even without getting into alternative protein sources we can start by just addressing the fact that at a basic level we eat a totally unnecessary amount of meat up here.
Very good points. Protein as a marketing juggernaut in this country is beyond stupid.
But also, yeah, this administration is so fucking tone-deaf.
In addition, remember all the fainting spells the right had over Michelle suggesting eating more vegetables and moving around more? The way they acted, you’d think Michelle was going to castrate every single MAGA male in the country…
Oddly enough, the same sort of stuff that would have fixed the so-called ‘flabby military’ that Diapers and Kegsbreath keep whining about…
All the more ironic since donnie doesn’t even believe in exercise[1], eats some of the worst shit ever [2] and washes it down with diet soda (12 diet cokes per day!), and Petey seemingly cannot do even one proper rep when he’s doing one of his absurd photo-ops showing how manly masculine macho he-men need to sack up and do some lifting, bro.
I bet both of them think vegetables are for “soy boys”, too.
[1] https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-exercise-and-energy-belief_l_6930cc7ae4b0cee4438247cf
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