With Easter fast approaching, the Trump egg crisis is becoming critical. Will Trump's questionable plan avert an Easter catastrophe?

Amid a record-breaking outbreak of avian flu that’s decimated egg production across the country, the cost of eggs has skyrocketed. Nationwide, a dozen eggs sold for $4.95 on average in January, up from $2.52 last year.

Trump’s solution? To import 70 million–100 million perishable and fragile eggs from other countries within the next month. The plan is as foolproof as it sounds.

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Trump is on social media telling people to shut up about egg prices. In what appears t be a coordinated change of message, Trump's Treasury Secretary says people should live the American Dream, instead of pining for "cheap goods."

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday defended President Donald Trump’s assertive stance on tariffs, arguing that "access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream.”

His comments come after Trump had imposed steep 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada earlier this week. Trump then took executive action delaying new tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico that fell under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement for one month.

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