"Well, Maria, the beef market is a very specialized market, Bessent began. It goes in long cycles. And this is the perfect storm, again, something we inherited. Bessent went on to make the strange claim that migrants have been bringing diseased cattle with them across the border. And there's also, because of the mass immigration, a disease that had been we've been rid of in North America made its way up through South America,"
"And there's also, because of the mass immigration, a disease that had been we've been rid of in North America made its way up through South America, you know, as these migrants brought some of their cattle with them. So part of the problem is we've had to shut the border to Mexican beef because of this disease called the screw worm."
A claim stated that migrants brought diseased cattle across the southern border, introducing a disease called the screw worm that had been eradicated in North America. Mexican beef imports were described as shut down to protect the U.S. supply chain. The claim was linked to rising beef prices and characterized as part of a "perfect storm" in the beef market, which was described as specialized and cyclical. Social media users and commentators responded with skepticism and derision, calling the claim false, questioning its plausibility, and likening it to AI-generated misinformation.
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