Trump talks up White House ballroom and says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’ – as it happened

On Saturday, The Guardian reported that Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana publicly opposed President Donald Trump's newly announced plan to flood the U.S. market with three hundred thousand metric tonnes of tariff‑free ground beef over the next ninety days. The proposal would sell the meat at a twenty‑five percent discount, a move Trump says will lower grocery bills even as the national cattle herd sits near historic lows and the average price of ground beef has risen to about seven dollars twelve cents per pound, up nine point four percent from a year earlier. Sheehy warned that the influx could further strain American ranchers who have already been battling a packer monopoly for years. The debate highlights the tension between immediate price relief for consumers and the longer‑term health of the domestic beef industry.

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