MAGA turns on Trump Cabinet official for stunningly tone-deaf celebration: 'Fire her' [View all]

Source: Raw Story

May 17, 2026 10:40AM ET


Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins took to social media Saturday to celebrate a series of new “commitments” from China – namely, the export of American beef, an announcement that came amid U.S. beef prices reaching their highest level in recorded history, sparking a considerable backlash from MAGA-aligned figures.

“Proud to confirm that our deal-maker-in-chief [President Donald Trump] has done it AGAIN!” Rollins said in a statement. “American beef – the best beef in the world! – will be back on the shelves in China soon. They are implementing beef commitments, including resuming imports from 17 states.”. The announcement came just one day after a report from Yahoo Finance that found that beef prices in the United States had eclipsed $7 per pound “for the first time in history,” leaving many conservative or MAGA-aligned figures dumbfounded.

“We just relaxed tariffs on importation of Argentinian beef because the lack of U.S. supply relative to demand was jacking up prices, but now we are going to export the U.S. beef we were told we were short on to China? Make it make sense,” wrote Sean Davis, the co-founder of the conservative magazine The Federalist who was described by The Daily Beast as a “leading MAGA mouthpiece.”

Self-described “America First” Republican and former congressional candidate David Giglio also expressed confusion at Rollins’ announcement given the historic spike in U.S. beef prices. “How about we focus on having affordable beef on the shelves in, I don't know, America???” Giglio wrote in a social media post on X.

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