Trump Administration Walks Back Key Export Figure With Stunning 90% Revision ^21.5%

www.mediaite.com - By Kathryn Wilkens - 7/9/2026, 11:20 PM

Negativity Bias 45.6% - Appeal to Authority 32.9% - Primacy Effect 27.6%

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin President Donald Trump’s administration walked back a headline-grabbing U.S. beef export figure on Thursday after the Department of Agriculture acknowledged it had published erroneous data, revising the number down by roughly 90%, according to Reuters. Just one week earlier, the USDA reported that net U.S. beef... more