Transcript of press briefing held by press secretary Karoline Leavitt on the afternoon of January 28, 2025

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The briefing occurred on the afternoon of January 28, 2025. The transcript went online the following day, January 29, 2025.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Briefings & Statements January 29, 2025

1:06 P.M. EST [Tuesday, January 28, 2025]

MS. LEAVITT: Good afternoon, everybody.

Q Good afternoon.

MS. LEAVITT: How are we? Good to see all of you. It’s an honor to be here with all of you. A lot of familiar faces in the room, a lot of new faces.

And President Trump is back, and the golden age of America has most definitely begun.

{snip}

[Karoline Leavitt calls on] Christian Datoc.

Q Thanks, Karoline. Just real quick. You mentioned the inflation executive order the president signed, but egg prices have skyrocketed since President Trump took office. So, what specifically is he doing to lower those costs for Americans?

MS. LEAVITT: Really glad you brought this up, because there is a lot of reporting out there that is putting the onus on this White House for the increased cost of eggs. I would like to point out to each and every one of you that, in 2024, when Joe Biden was in the Oval Office — or upstairs in the residence sleeping; I’m not so sure — egg prices increased 65 percent in this country. We also have seen the cost of everything, not just eggs — bacon, groceries, gasoline — have increased because of the inflationary policies of the last administration.

As far as the egg shortage, what’s also contributing to that is that the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens, which has led to a lack of chicken supply in this country, therefore a lack of egg supply, which is leading to the shortage.

So, I will leave you with this point. This is an example of why it’s so incredibly important that the Senate moves swiftly to confirm all of President Trump’s nominees, including his nominee for the United States Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, who is already speaking with Kevin Hassett, who is leading the economic team here at the White House, on how we can address the egg shortage in this country.

As for cots, I laid out — costs — I laid out the plethora of ways that President Trump has addressed saving costs for the American people over the past week. He looks forward to continuing to doing that —

Q Karoline, what —

MS. LEAVITT: — in the days ahead.

(Cross-talk.)

Thank you, guys, so much. I’ll see you soon.

END 1:52 P.M. EST

[Ocelot II]

1. Baghdad Barbie is on the job!

"President Trump is back, and the golden age of America has most definitely begun."

What's the going rate for souls these days? Or brains? Or is not having either a prerequisite for that job? Trump should worry that Kim Jong-Un might hire her away.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. OMG They have a time machine!!!!

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Briefings & Statements January 29, 2025

1:06 P.M. EST

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. That's my fault. The transcript of yesterday's meeting was released today.

I need to move the separator where the quoting begins to a more appropriate place.

Thanks for pointing that out.