President Donald Trump appears to have the last laugh against media critics who predicted his administration would fail to lower egg prices. After reaching record highs earlier this year, egg prices have dramatically declined since Trump took office in January, contradicting numerous media forecasts.

According to The Daily Caller, egg prices have dropped over 61% since Trump's inauguration on January 20, falling from $6.41 per dozen to $2.57 as of Friday. This significant decrease comes after prices reached an all-time high of $8 per dozen in early March.

Corporate media outlets had initially used rising egg prices as a criticism against the Trump administration, with some even suggesting the issue could be a political advantage for Democrats seeking to recover from their 2024 election losses.

Media predictions miss the mark

The Associated Press reported in March that Democrats viewed rising egg prices as their "road to recovery" while citing Department of Agriculture projections that egg prices would increase by 41% in 2025. Democrats attempted to pin these rising costs directly on President Trump's policies.

PBS News published an article in April titled "Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump promises and curbing bird flu outbreak," suggesting the president had failed to fulfill his campaign pledge. The piece downplayed the administration's efforts to address the underlying causes of high egg prices.

The New York Times claimed in February that "Inflation Is Trump's Problem Now," suggesting Trump would struggle to manage rising egg prices despite inheriting what they characterized as a "strong economy" from the Biden administration.

Fact-checking attempts backfire

As egg prices began dropping rapidly, several media outlets attempted to "fact-check" Trump's statements about the decreasing costs, often focusing on his tendency to exaggerate the exact percentage of price decreases.

CNN claimed in April that Trump lied when he stated wholesale egg costs had decreased by 94% since the beginning of his second term. While Trump's percentage was indeed inflated, the network had to acknowledge that prices had still fallen significantly.

CBS News joined CNN in accusing the president of misrepresenting the decline in egg prices, even as consumers began seeing noticeable relief at grocery store checkout counters. These fact-checks often focused on the technical inaccuracy of Trump's specific claims rather than the undeniable downward trend in prices.

Administration's targeted approach

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins implemented a comprehensive strategy to address egg prices, outlined in a February Wall Street Journal op-ed. The plan included $500 million to help poultry farmers improve biosecurity measures and millions more in financial relief for those affected by avian flu.

The administration also invested in research for vaccinations and therapeutics for egg-laying chickens, removed regulations deemed unnecessary for egg producers, and temporarily imported eggs from other countries to increase supply in the domestic market.

This multi-pronged approach appears to have yielded results faster than many experts predicted, contrary to media claims that consumers shouldn't "expect relief" on egg prices or that Trump's tariffs would cause prices to "soar" again.

Media personalities' incorrect predictions

Television personalities were particularly vocal about egg prices. During an April segment on "The View," co-host Whoopi Goldberg incorrectly claimed that egg prices hadn't fallen "one cent" since Trump took office, despite costs having already dropped 44% by that time.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough asserted in March that "the price of eggs, the price of meat, the price of groceries [are] continuing to go up," a statement contradicted by emerging data showing decreases in egg prices specifically.

CNN's Abby Phillip and Daniel Dale both emphasized Trump's exaggeration of price decreases in their fact-checking segments while acknowledging that prices had indeed fallen – just not by the 93-94% Trump claimed.

Media outlets that previously highlighted egg prices as a political vulnerability for Trump have largely moved on to other topics as the administration's efforts to reduce costs have proven effective, with prices now sitting at less than half of what they were when Trump took office in January.