Trump’s Beef With Inflation

特朗普对通胀的怨言

WSJ What’s News

2025-12-08

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A.M. Edition for Dec. 8. The White House takes aim at soaring beef prices as worsening consumer sentiment pushes the president to tackle rising inflation. Plus, President Trump signals potential government resistance to Netflix’s $72 billion Warner Brothers takeover. And WSJ’s Anat Peled details the grueling conditions that Palestinian prisoners endured while locked up in Israeli detention centers. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The White House takes aim at soaring beef prices as food inflation rears its head,

  • plus President Trump signals potential government resistance to Netflix's $72 billion Warner Brothers takeover.

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  • We are exclusively reporting that a group of President Trump's top advisors are looking to tackle soaring beef prices as the administration ramps up efforts to combat food inflation.

  • Steak and ground beef have hit record highs this year,

  • but as economics reporter Chelsea Delaney explains,

  • there's no easy way to bring down prices, which have climbed steadily since 2021.

  • And that inflation is becoming a bit of an economic headache for the Trump administration.

  • A lot of food prices are continuing to climb quite a lot.

  • So it's not just beef.

  • It's also bananas.