Story perspectives

Tariffs and shortages push beef prices to record highs

8/28/2026

Summary

Story summary

President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war have pushed beef prices to record highs, squeezing MAGA consumers.
A screwworm infestation worsened the beef shortage after the administration cut federal pest-control agencies.
Fox News hosts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters called electric cars threats to male freedom and called vegetarians ‘soy boys’.
Paul Krugman said clean-energy advances from the Iran conflict may erode the right’s consumption-based masculinity.

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Story summary

President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the Iran war have pushed beef prices to record highs, squeezing MAGA consumers.
A screwworm infestation worsened the beef shortage after the administration cut federal pest-control agencies.
Fox News hosts Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters called electric cars threats to male freedom and called vegetarians ‘soy boys’.
Paul Krugman said clean-energy advances from the Iran conflict may erode the right’s consumption-based masculinity.