Tight egg supplies and soaring prices have driven desperate Americans to Mexico for groceries, a direct consequence of tariff policies that hinder affordable imports. Simultaneously, the American elite enjoy significant gains from "well-timed" stock market trades, prompting widespread allegations of market manipulation and insider trading involving the Trump administration. This situation highlights the unequal burden of U.S. tariff policies, where the affluent benefit at the expense of the working class, and underscores the widening gap between the elite's priorities and the public's basic necessities.
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