A CNN report published just over a month after President Donald Trump took office echoed many Democrats when it suggested that Americans shouldn't "expect relief " from high egg prices any time soon.

However, those claims were recently left in shambles after it was revealed that Trump has presided over a massive decline in the cost of eggs. 

Egg prices have dropped by 61%

As Fox Business pointed out last week, average egg prices have declined by 61% since the president was inaugurated on January 20.

It pointed to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) showing that a dozen white, large eggs cost $2.52, down from $6.41 when Trump was sworn in.

Price of eggs has dropped 61% since President Trump took officehttps://t.co/XRu8hZaN8W

— GOP (@GOP) June 2, 2025

"Shell egg demand posted a slight improvement headed into the Memorial Day weekend but remained well below average in the continuation of a trend that began during the sharp price increases in late winter," the USDA Egg Markets Overview stated.

Democrats hoped to campaign on expensive eggs

That development is bad news for Democrats like New York Rep. Josh Riley, who tried to capitalize on high egg prices in March.

"If you’re worried about our democracy ... that’s more of a reason to be worried about the price of eggs," the Associated Press quoted Riley as saying after Trump delivered a speech to Congress.

"The reason our democracy is in the situation it's in, the reason our country is in the situation it’s in, is because for decades, politicians have neglected the needs of everyday working people," Riley continued.

"Is it any wonder, after 40 years of shipping jobs overseas just to make Wall Street rich, after three years of egg prices skyrocketing and nobody around this place doing a god---n thing about it, that people are really, really frustrated and believe that our democracy does not work for them? Can you blame them?" the congressman went on to add.

Agriculture secretary unveils egg plan

The Daily Caller noted how Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins described what she referred to as her "comprehensive strategy" to lower egg prices in a February Wall Street Journal op-ed piece.

In it she complained that former President Joe Biden's "administration did little to address the repeated outbreaks" of avian influenza, something she blamed for having "devastated American poultry farmers and slashed the egg supply."

"By contrast, the Trump administration is taking the issue seriously," Rollins wrote before adding, "To that end, today I am announcing a comprehensive strategy to combat avian influenza."

"The Agriculture Department will invest up to $1 billion to curb this crisis and make eggs affordable again," the secretary declared.