Egg Prices Plunged but Overall Prices Rose Since Trump Returned to Office

Overview

• President Donald Trump said eggs and “everything else” were much cheaper in a Michigan speech on Monday, a claim CNN fact‑checker Daniel Dale called “absolutely, unequivocally false.”
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index figures for January 2025 through June 2026 show egg prices fell 32.7% while overall consumer prices rose 4.3% over the same period.
• The egg decline is an outlier caused by a bird‑flu driven spike in late 2024 and early 2025 that began easing in April 2025, not by broad deflation across goods and services.
• Only about one‑sixth of the 332 CPI items fell in price and no other item dropped anywhere near as much as eggs; most major categories rose, including energy (+13.1%) and shelter (+4.6%).
• The fact check highlights how selective use of a single commodity can mislead public views of affordability and may shape political debate as voters weigh persistent increases in groceries, housing and energy.