High Beef Prices? Trump Official Blames Biden and Migrants. NYT | Top Stories By: Alan Rappeport 18 November 2025 at 03:48 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said migrants were bringing sick cows across the border, snarling beef supply chains. © Sarah Silbiger/The New York TimesFor President Trump, who served fast food sandwiches to the Clemson University football team during its 2019 visit to the White House, few meals hit closer to home than hamburgers.