Scott Bessent wtf?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

[CentralMass]

1. Fartaroma and Bessent - nauseating..

[marble falls]

2. Their "free hamburgers" already cost $10/#! Thier steaks should be called steakettes.

[Exp]

3. What a load of BS. Eveything costs more because everthing to produce anything costs more. Duh. nt

[Maraya1969]

4. That guy is such and idiot. I have never heard him say anything right or intelligent on any program

he is invited on. If you want to torture the guy put him in a locked room with a TV playing all his comments, endless loop style, from previous TV appearances.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. billionaires have that affliction

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Bessent had a cow.

[Paper Roses]

6. Bessent makes me sick. He is full of BS.

Yes, I believe beef will go up in price but his attitude revolts me.

With a simple pound of 80% ground beef at $5.99 a pound, who except the wealthy can buy a piece of steak
I now pass the beef section at my market, chicken breast at $2.99 a pound, (last week), who knows where things are going.
Since trump wants to offer us diseased Argentina beef, I will continue to ask the head of the meat department at my grocery store about it. Check this...I asked him last week about the origin of the beef in the cases. His answer: "it is above my pay grade, I don't know."

[56miSSie]

8. Some of the migrants brought their cattle with them.....?

Get the hell out! Did they ride them up?

[some_of_us_are_sane]

9. Bessent is a

"nervous Nellie... easily roused and stammering, unable to cover up his own feelings of inadequacy.

I've SEEN THESE kind of jerks before.

[ShazamIam]

10. Blame immigrants, not greedy corporate ag operations and food processors. Could it be DOGE cuts to FDA and USDA?

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/06/2how-have-doge-cuts-impacted-food-safety

A listeria outbreak linked to chicken alfredo pasta sold at Kroger and Walmart has killed three people and hospitalized many more.

We get food recalls and outbreaks like this relatively often, but many advocates have warned that cuts attempted by DOGE and other Trump administration policies would weaken food safety in the U.S.

The biggest effect so far has been on the information side of things — especially at the Food and Drug Administration, said Barbara Kowalcyk at the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security at George Washington University.

“It's important that you communicate well with both the industry, as well as with consumers and other public health agencies, such as CDC,” she said.

Some of the major DOGE cuts targeted administrative and communications staff at food safety agencies — just the people who would be needed to track down and disseminate information about an outbreak.

“The whole infrastructure of food safety, oversight, surveillance, what's happening outbreak, when there's a problem, responding and then trying to put in place policies to improve food safety has definitely been impacted,” said Sandra Eskin with the advocacy group Stop Foodborne Illness.

But according to experts across the board, you can’t say at this point that the Trump administration’s job cuts or funding changes have actually harmed food safety.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-The administration is blaming immigrants with 'sick cows' for higher beef prices

Initially, Trump blamed meatpackers for higher costs. Now, his team is blaming immigrants — and cattle they’re allegedly bringing across the border.

Trump pissing off more farmers and targeting immigrants! Mighty anti-Christ of you, Trump!

The administration is blaming immigrants with ‘sick cows’ for higher beef prices www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Tabby (@tabbys-corner.bsky.social) 2025-11-18T17:48:39.006Z

But as it turns out, the Republican administration isn’t blaming only the meatpacking industry. The New York Times reported:

With many Americans frustrated by Mr. Trump’s tariffs, his advisers have been straining to blame the high cost of hamburgers — and anything else — on anyone other than the president. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to explain high beef prices over the weekend by blaming undocumented immigrants, saying they were bringing sick cows into the United States.

Bessent really did appear on Fox News on Sunday morning and suggest “mass immigration” was at least partially responsible for rising beef prices. The secretary added that some migrants “have brought some of their cattle with them” when entering the U.S.

BARTIROMO: He's expecting a pound ground beef. What's your reaction?

BESSENT: Maria, the beef market is a very specialized market. It goes in long cycles. This is the perfect storm. Again, something we inherited.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-11-16T15:15:34.776Z

As a rule, when migrants try to reach American soil, they bring loved ones and a backpack. They do not tend to bring livestock. The Times report added, “The Treasury Department did not respond to a request for an explanation about Mr. Bessent’s suggestion that sick cows were being brought from Mexico across the border.”

Making matters worse is the familiarity of the circumstances. Concerned about health care costs? Team Trump says to blame immigrants. Frustrated by housing costs? Team Trump says to blame immigrants. Worried about crime? Team Trump says to blame immigrants.