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Whoopi Goldberg Falsely Claims Egg Prices Have Not Fallen ‘One Cent’ Since Trump Took Office

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“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg falsely claimed on Wednesday that egg prices have not fallen by “one cent” since President Donald Trump took office, though they have dramatically fallen in recent weeks.

Egg prices have fallen 44% since the start of 2025 after prices had soared to record levels under former President Joe Biden’s administration, according to Trade Economics. Despite the significant fall in egg prices, Goldberg claimed that she has not seen these prices fall in any way, shape or form.

“[Trump] did promise to lower the price of groceries, I have not seen an egg fall one cent since this man got in,” Goldberg said, prompting co-host Sunny Hostin to falsely say they are going up.

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The average cost of eggs amounted to $6.41 on Jan. 21, Trump’s first full day of his second term, according to Trade Economics. Prices decreased from an average of $8.27 on March 3 to $3.23 as of Wednesday.

Egg prices rose from $1.46 per dozen when Biden first entered office in January 2021 to $4.14 in December 2024, the final full month of his presidency, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Bird flu, one of the other main causes of the egg price hike, killed a record number of 20 million egg-laying hens in the last quarter, which caused a rapid spike in prices.

USDA data shows that 108 million egg-laying hens have died since 2022, including 13 million in 2025. It is not clear how many of the birds died naturally or from culling to prevent the spreading of the virus. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Biden and his Department of Agriculture for the “mass killing” of 100 million chickens for the rise in egg prices during a Jan. 28 briefing.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a Feb. 26 Wall Street Journal op-ed that the Trump administration will invest $1 billion into solutions to solve the avian influenza. The agency plans to curb the flu by implementing “gold-standard biosecurity measures,” providing financial relief and poultry vaccinations, removing “regulatory burdens on egg producers” and considering temporary egg import options to rapidly reduce prices.

After inflation consumed the Biden administration, the prices of consumer goods have largely improved since Trump took office. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of the price of everyday goods, slowed in February as it increased 2.8%, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released in March.

Economists expect that inflation also eased in March partly due to the decrease in energy and gasoline prices, according to Morning Star.

Despite prices having improved under Trump, Goldberg claimed during a March 11 segment that the president ruined the so-called wonderful economy that he inherited from Biden.