One day after lying about price of gas, Trump tries to gaslight Americans again

Roughly 24 hours after Donald Trump lied to Americans that gas prices had fallen below $2 a gallon, on Friday he insisted that the price of eggs is “getting too low.”

As administration officials gathered with him in the Oval Office smiled and nodded at the propaganda two days before Easter, Trump told the country: “You can have all the eggs you want. We have too many eggs. In fact, if anything the prices are getting too low.”

The president made the ridiculous claim as Dr. Mehmet Oz was sworn in as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

According to the Financial Times, as of April 2025, egg prices in the U.S. remain elevated due to ongoing avian flu outbreaks and supply chain disruptions. In March, the national average price for a dozen Grade A large eggs reached $6.23, marking a significant increase from $4.95 in January.

It was quite a Good Friday fabrication, but it followed his Holy Thursday Hogwash, when he lied that the price of gas had fallen to $1.98 in some states.

There wasn’t a single state that had an average gas price close to $1.98 per gallon on Wednesday. The two states with the lowest average gas price on Wednesday were Mississippi and Tennessee, which were both at $2.70 per gallon, according to data provided by AAA.

Here’s how that exchange went with a reporter:

Reporter: Americans are seeing prices rise, they’re seeing it on their bills. How long can they expect that … to last?

Trump: So they’ve already seen it get much better because if you were truthful, which you’re not, I know you very well, you have gasoline hit $1.98 yesterday in a couple of states. You have gasolines way down, the price of oil has dropped substantially. The price of groceries is substantially down.

Dozens of Twitter/X users immediately disputed the claim.

The AP reported:

U.S. egg prices increased again [in March] to reach a record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks.

The increase reported ... in the Consumer Price Index means consumers and businesses that rely on eggs might not get much immediate relief. Demand for eggs is typically elevated until after Easter, which falls on April 20. ...

Egg prices hit $5.90 in February one month after setting a record at $4.95 per dozen, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...

Trump tried to take credit for the lower wholesale egg prices the USDA reported in recent weeks. [But retail prices continued to rise.]

“The egg prices they were going through the sky. And you did a fantastic job,” Trump said to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins before he announced the details of his tariffs at the White House last week. ”Now we have lots of eggs and they are much cheaper now.”

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