Trump Admin Sues California Over Soaring Egg Prices

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Source: Newsweek

Published Jul 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM EDT


The Trump administration has sued California over its animal cruelty laws, saying the state's regulation of chicken farms has led to high egg prices across the country. Lowering the cost of eggs, which spiked in recent years as an avian flu outbreak ravaged American flocks, was one of President Donald Trump's key campaign promises in the lead-up to the 2024 election.

But almost six months into his second mandate, his administration has struggled to keep the cost of the staple down. The administration now says California's regulations create "unnecessary red tape" in the production of eggs and are responsible for stubbornly high prices.

The lawsuit is the latest flash point in the ongoing battle between the U.S. president and the Democratic-led state, which has clashed with the Trump administration over its aggressive immigration policies and transgender rights.

"Trump's back to his favorite hobby: blaming California for literally everything," the office of California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X, formerly Twitter, about the lawsuit. "Next up: @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom caused the fall of Rome and sent the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs!"

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-sues-california-over-soaring-egg-prices-2097051

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(NEWSFLASH: I get ZERO eggs from the state of California and the price of a dozen at my closest supermarket here in Philly - an Acme, which is not a specialty or "organic" store but a 134 year old chain that started in Philly, and is now owned by Albertsons, is STILL over THREE TIMES the normal price - I paid $4.99/dozen the last time I bought them a couple weeks ago, which is off the high of about $6.99/dozen a few months ago, and where last summer, with a digital coupon, I paid $4.99 for a "family size" of 30 eggs)

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Trump’s back to his favorite hobby: blaming California for literally everything.

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JUST IN: The Trump administration is suing to overturn CA state laws intended to prevent cruelty against egg-laying chickens.

The administration says these laws have driven up egg prices and are preempted by a 1970 federal law. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.1.0.pdf
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8:00 PM · Jul 9, 2025

[Irish_Dem]

1. Legal warfare

Keep everyone tied up in court for years and bankrupt them with legal bills.

Trump’s attorneys are paid for by the US taxpayer.

[CaptainTruth]

2. Tell him ICE deported the chickens because they're not citizens.

[IronLionZion]

3. Blaming one blue state for his own failures and broken campaign promises

as if California is raising egg prices in other states.

Funny how Canada and Mexico don't have this problem.

[Lovie777]

5. No, they are going down......

[BidenRocks]

26. Food 4 Less in the SF Valley

$3.29 to $3.89
Of course some stores are still $6.
Chickens have a quick replacement rate.

Now chump wants to inflict suffering on chickens.
Overloaded cages living in filth

Of course chumps eggs are the best McDonald's has.

[pcdb]

37. Way down

The peaked around 8 dollars and are now under 3 (national average).

In California, cage-free eggs are mandated which is why they're more expensive.

[hlthe2b]

4. Wait until Trump's brain-dead HHS head and his lawyer know-nothing head of USDA get together to

allow Avian flu to run uncontrolled through poultry houses--killing every bird in sight, rather than take ANY steps to control it. Yeah, eggs will be fruitful, massively available, and cheap then. (Of course we will be in the midst of another pandemic, so few might notice--and his brain dead little moron has already stopped the final clearance studies and production of the mRNA H5N1 avian flu vaccine, so we'll all be complaining from the gravesite).

[Ritabert]

6. They're not any cheaper anywhere else.

[NCDem47]

7. Again with the F'n eggs!

[Mz Pip]

8. In the grand scheme of things

the cost of eggs is the least of my worries.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. For most people yes

(although probably true outside of those establishments that use them in restaurants, bakeries, hospitality, misc. food manufacturing, etc.)

But like the price of gasoline, it became a major RW talking point and campaign issue against Biden, where the media allowed that to happen, and now here we are with this CYA move that is apparently bothering 45 and the GOP. And possibly because the suppliers were called out and supposedly being "investigated" back in March with respect to possible gouging, and the industry yawned.

[LiberalLovinLug]

35. Yes. That is the point of Trump's blame game strategy

His flock are so gullible and so deep into the cult, that they will simply absorb what he says as truth.
1. Dear Leader says egg prices will go down
2. Egg prices do not go down. Even rise
3. Trump tells them that the reason prices are so high all over the country, even in Red States, is because one of the Blue States imposes woke regulations and rules on industry.
4. Damn those Democrats!!!!!

[louis-t]

9. Reporters should ask him at his next "press conference"

"Are you still talking about eggs?"

[Prairie Gates]

10. Why would regulations specific to California cause increased egg prices nationwide?

Wouldn't producers from non-regulation states simply undercut their prices and thereby bring all the prices down?

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Plus these regs seem to date from 2022

so aren't responsible for the price rises in 2024 and 2025, even in California.

[FirstLight]

13. Next time I am at the store I'll look to see where ours are from.

I'm in CA, so they *should* be lower.

But at Grocery Outlet, which is supposed to be cheaper, they were over $8/doz last time I was there...!

Maybe they should consider that need for culling millions of chickens around the whole country due to Bird Flu? But that would be too rational for them. Besides, I'm sure another wave of Avian Flu will be on us in no time!

[cstanleytech]

14. Loser Trump's trying to shift the blame after getting egg all over his failed promises to lower egg prices.

[flashman13]

15. Trump wants CA to treat it's chickens with the same creulty and inhumanity as ICE treats humans.

[Bayard]

16. "trump declares bird flu epidemic over!"

"Hens had ivermectin added to their diets, and it wiped out the virus right quick in other states, but that damn Newsom wouldn't allow California hens to have it, and they are the only type that lay eggs."

[lark]

17. Fucking fools!!

Large eggs were 2.89 at Aldi's yesterday - the whole thing is a rw lie~

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Core tRump message: You Must Be More Cruel. . . . . . nt

[niyad]

19. Hey, "news"week, it is NOT his "second mandate", you asskissing useless scum.

[twodogsbarking]

20. I was expecting him to sue the chickens. This came from nowhere. Nowhere, really.

[progressoid]

21. California is even in the top 10 egg producing states.

Most eggs come from red states.

[LogDog75]

22. Wait a second

Are prices set by the marketplace?

Isn't that what republicans have always said?

[Mblaze]

28. Yes

The market was declared to be "wise".

[Snackshack]

23. If ever the Dems,

Get back into a majority or the WH... I would support them being every bit as petulant and petty as maga is, at every opportunity.

As grandma liked to say, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" and one sure way to fix idiocy is by experience.

[Red Mountain]

24. Still hadn't sued Leon

For saying he's on Epsteins's client list.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. I hope there's egg on his face once the judge stops laughing at this frivolous lawsuit.

[Mblaze]

27. I remember low egg prices for decades

Even with California's regulations. Then came Bird Flu, Covid and the subsequent gouging as retailers raised their prices because of the pandemic.

[kimbutgar]

29. I paid 6.39 for 2 dozen eggs at Costco in California on Monday

$3.20 approx per dozen that I usually paid last year.

So this is just terrorism and an attack on California and Newsom by the orange Hitler administration which I suspect Steven Miller is behind.

[LogDog75]

34. I bought a package of eggs at Costco in San Diego

$4.79 for 24 eggs at the Gateway Center Drive Costco this morning. They're California cage free Grade AA Large. Last month they were nearly $8 for 24.

[Buddyzbuddy]

30. Let me get this straight.

The Felon wants California to treat our chickens as badly as his administration treats migrant detainees?

[ananda]

31. Next: Trump admin sues CA for having beaches on the Pacific.

...

[The Wizard]

32. Thought disorders and loose associations

are covered by Obamacare.

[BaronChocula]

33. That guy is the dumbest

Wow. Just wow.

[Igel]

36. I buy eggs infrequently.

I put them in plastic bags to keep in humidity, keep the fridge at 35 degrees (it's not often opened--it's just me and I have a small 'drink fridge' for tap water, carbonated water, and beer), and the ones I used this morning for breakfast were perfectly fine ... and purchased last winter break, so over 6 months ago. I'm running low. Finally.

Today I got another 5 dozen to get me to 1/2/26, presumably. $13.22. $2.64/dozen. Last winter they were $18.xx. At my usual store they're 3.09/dozen, 4.70/18 ct, noticed because they're close to the milk and the 18-ct grade A large white eggs had a sign, limit 4 per customer. (Really? That's 6 dozen.)

It's local. There's a reason. Wonder what it is.