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Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayOne of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members is receiving the wrong kind of attention on social media for suggesting a supposedly affordable meal that seemed to be missing most of the meal.
During a NewsNation interview on Wednesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed food prices were falling.
According to the latest Consumer Price Index, the cost of groceries jumped by 0.7% in December. Certain foods increased more than others. Beef, which has been moved to near the top of the food pyramid in the new dietary guidelines Rollins unveiled this month, rose by 1% for the month and 16.4% from a year ago.
Asked about that reality, Rollins ― who last month bragged about cutting food aid to low-income Americans ― suggested an affordable meal option that met her new guidelines.
“We’ve run over a thousand simulations,” she said. “It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and one other thing. And so, there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money.”
To administration critics, that sounded like the world’s sorriest taco. They fired back on X:
Even a dystopia would say “damn, that’s dystopian.”
— robert jon anderson (@R_JonAnderson) January 14, 2026A single chicken breast, a broccoli floret, and a tortilla. 🍗🥦
The USDA has finally solved hunger: just eat 1/4 of a meal and call it 'Precision Nutrition'. If we model hard enough, perhaps we can simulate the feeling of being full. A truly modest proposal — Jonathan Swift Jr.
Due to Trump’s tariffs, last month was the largest spike in grocery prices in three years.
So now this is what the Trump Administration suggests you can afford for a meal: “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing.” https://t.co/tzfDAH0ZUD pic.twitter.com/Ti1kEMUfFL
I'm glad they ran a thousand simulations to figure out one chicken one broccoli one tortilla and the other thing
— JULIAN (@incredulicious) January 15, 2026For 4 years straight Republicans, MAGA and the MSM bitched and moaned about inflation & the price of groceries etc.
Now they’re telling you to, “only buy your daughter one doll,” “just eat hamburger helper,” “just eat turkey instead of steak,” & now this BS.
Fucking hypocrites.
So a bunch or rich billionaires and millionaires are offering us advice on how to pinch pennies and "suck it up"? How pathetic.
— Denison Barb (@DenisonBarbs) January 14, 2026Yall elected fascists because you thought they would give you a stimulus check and bring down the cost of groceries; a year later they’re telling you to limit your meals to a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, and a corn tortilla. Good job https://t.co/FvuOwyZhcM
— Tim (@trouble_man90) January 15, 2026fuck yeah i can’t wait to have one piece of chicken, one piece of broccoli and a single corn tortilla with one other thing for dinner every night just so i can afford to still not be able to buy a house! https://t.co/hu0uvdvPcG
— Sara Brnić (@SaraBrnic_) January 15, 2026“What’s the matter, babe, you’ve barely touched your piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing?” https://t.co/BmAh9eGmHT
— Joe Vasile (@JoeVasilePBP) January 15, 2026HuffPost Shopping's
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