Trump Agriculture Secretary Rollins promises 'real relief' on affordability coming soon

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins declared on Monday during an interview about affordability that the American dream is making a comeback under the Trump administration and real relief was coming very soon But as we re restructuring the entire market as we re bringing down inflation bringing down fuel bringing down labor Americans we believe will see real relief very very soon Those numbers are already down but much more to come she stated CNBC This administration has been incredibly focused on getting the American dream back into every American s home and goals et cetera And affordability is a huge piece of that Of lesson I m the agriculture secretary So food food production supporting our farmers and ranchers is a big piece she declared Affordability has been a dominant political topic in with Democrats like Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race successfully touting addressing price concerns on the campaign trail President Donald Trump was elected in in part on frustration with inflation and affordability under the Biden administration but new polls show impatience with his economic stewardship TRUMP GROWS FRUSTRATED WITH GOP FOR NOT TOUTING HIS GREATEST COMMERCIAL SECTOR IN HISTORY Rollins revealed that the previous administration was a different story And when you look at under Joe Biden the last four years we had an increase in inputs interest rates fertilizer labor increased No new contract deals during those four years no way to move the food out she reported So when you look at all of that in total it s no surprise that what we inherited was an absolute economic mess But those numbers are coming down She added that nonetheless There are a limited outliers And you mentioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent talked about a couple of those the day before today We re working on those extremely diligently In response to the trajectory of Trump's tariff agenda Rollins explained that she has been at Trump s side for a long time and has seen measurable results His vision of realigning the entire world financial market around putting American products first and America first but also using tariffs as a really critical economic tool to make sure that we are doing everything we can for our country and to keep our country at the top of the world she announced But what the president did was using these as economic tools but also vital foreign protocol tools as well WHEN DID MAGA BECOME MAKE ARGENTINA GREAT AGAIN She juxtaposed the Trump administration with the preceding Biden administration again noting the variety of new transaction deals that have emerged What the president did with liberation day with enacting all these tariffs back in February We now have dozens of new transaction deals and within Indonesia Australia Japan EU England it s just remarkable And a lot of these deals people tried for years to get these deals again Under the last administration we didn t have one new contract deal We went from an agriculture exchange surplus under Trump to a deficit billion deficit in just agriculture she reported So think about the effects on our farmers and ranchers billion is a vital amount when you re growing corn or soybeans or apples or whatever you re growing So being able to solve for that which now we re doing again it s incredible American farmers she announced have been Trump s priority since the beginning of his initial campaign and will be receiving forthcoming aid CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe White House last week pointed to a bevy of deals Trump has made since his return to the Oval Office that underscore his focus on affordability for the American people cutting regulations to unleash American power to lower fuel and other costs multiple deals to lower drug prices and attracting business to set up shop on U S soil to promote American jobs Fox News Digital's Emma Colton contributed to this record