Thune breaks with Trump on Argentine beef imports
Source: The Hill
10/23/25 10:38 AM ET
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says President Trump is making a mistake by calling for a significant increase in beef imports from Argentina to offset rising prices at American grocery stores. Thune acknowledged in an interview with Semafor that Trump is trying to “drive down beef prices” to help American consumers, but he argued that flooding the U.S. market with foreign beef doesn’t make sense.
“This isn’t the way to do it,” Thune said. “It’s created a lot of uncertainty in that market. So I’m hoping that the White House has gotten the message.” Thune’s comments represent a rare split with the president, who hosted Republican senators for lunch at the White House on Tuesday.
Thune’s home state is a major beef producer; beef production accounts for roughly 9 percent of its agricultural industry, according to South Dakota State University. The beef industry accounts for more than 12,000 jobs created in the state across more than 13,000 farms, according to Ag United for South Dakota.
Other farm-state Republicans have raised concerns about Trump’s plans to significantly increase the beef import quota for Argentine beef.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5569456-thune-trump-argentina-beef/
(You know EXACTLY what you can do to fix that problem but you won't because you refuse to get off your knees)
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The fat bastard likes sunny weather - although after the 2027 elections, when the center-left is expected to be voted back in, Cheeto and his cronies may want to leave.
(if not sooner - given Milei's frequent nervous breakdowns)
And that's assuming that Doughnold will still be with us in '27 - and not as a vegetable.
US beef is predominantly corn fed. Argentinian beef is predominantly grass fed. They taste different and, imho, it isn’t subtle.
I happen to like corn fed but I know folks, mostly who have traveled to Europe, who like grass fed. Considering that 50% of the US population has likely NOT had grass fed beef, ya gotta wonder how many will actually like grass fed when they have it.
Important to the US beef industry to keep corn fed as the standard of excellence.
IMHO.
