ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump and his team have had success in driving down egg prices, but achieving this campaign promise largely has been drowned out by their aggressive push to expand executive authority, target political rivals and dismantle certain government agencies.
Some congressional Democrats, sensing a politically weakened president and Republican Party, have been increasingly vocal about the administration’s economic and government-cutting policies. On the latter, Trump acknowledged Monday during a Cabinet meeting that he has “no idea how it plays out in the public.”
“We’ve done a lot of cutting. … But it’s something that has to be done,” the president said. “The country was riddled with fat.”
Trump on Monday highlighted his administration’s focus on bringing down egg prices.
