Eggs Prices Drop

By
Gregory McMullen
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If you’re still relying on CNN to give you a clear, honest read of the economy under President Donald Trump, let this week’s absurdity over egg prices be your final warning. In a piece that tries to have it both ways—prices are down, but still up, but maybe falling, but still higher than 1984?—the network puts on full display exactly why legacy media is hemorrhaging trust.

Let’s cut through the yolk.

CNN’s own article admits the facts that Donald Trump and his administration have been touting for weeks: egg prices fell by 12.7% last month, the largest monthly drop since 1984, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The USDA further confirmed that the average cost for a dozen large white-shell eggs dropped 69 cents in a single week. That’s not a ripple. That’s a price cliff.

And yet, CNN couldn’t help itself. After presenting the hard data, it backpedals with a paragraph full of disclaimers, hedges, and political positioning:

“Nevertheless, egg prices remain significantly higher now than before the latest bird flu outbreak… They cost 49.3% more than a year earlier.”

Sure. And gas was $2 a gallon in 2002. That’s not how economic trend reporting works. Month-over-month movement is a clear barometer of the current direction of the economy. The price decline wasn’t due to wishful thinking or statistical quirks—it was because policy worked, trade flows stabilized, supply recovered, and the Trump administration brokered deals that matter.

CNN’s goal in this article wasn’t to inform—it was to create a linguistic labyrinth that allows them to report a win while denying the political credit. It’s the Pyongyang press model: embrace the facts, but only after reframing them through the lens of loyalty to the party line.

Case in point: they quote a liberal academic who jokes, “Maybe the worst of EggGate has passed,” a snide wink at the fact that Trump was mocked months ago for pointing out that egg prices were heading for a correction. Well—they have, and not a moment too soon for American families.

But rather than simply admit Trump was right, CNN does what the legacy press always does when faced with a conservative win: they hide behind qualifiers, bury context, and pretend objectivity while clinging to their narratives.

This egg episode is a microcosm of the larger economic picture that is driving the Left insane. Remember the doomsday predictions post-Trump re-election? The stock market was supposed to crater. Global trade was supposed to freeze. Inflation would spiral, and jobs would vanish.

Instead:

  • Inflation is at its lowest level since 2021

  • The stock market is breaking records

  • A new UK trade deal is in hand

  • Reset talks with China are underway and expected to result in another deal this year

And yes—egg prices are falling.

So while CNN tries to confuse readers with “yes, but no” coverage, the facts on the ground are clear, and voters are noticing.

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