<p>In one of the more embarrassing and out-of-touch moments from the first months of the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration">Biden administration</a>, the commander-in-chief boasted about saving Americans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-brags-about-saving-americans-16-cents-on-july-4-food-our-economic-plan-is-working">a whopping $0.16</a> on their 2021 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/4th-of-july">Fourth of July</a> cookouts. Prices have since had another year to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation">rise</a> — and like Americans trying to make ends meet, the White House can no longer afford to be so smug.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.fb.org/newsroom/cost-of-july-4th-cookout-17-higher-compared-to-year-ago">American Farm Bureau Federation</a> (AFBF), the average cost of a summer cookout for a party of 10 is currently $69.68 — a figure that rose 17% since last year. Prices for barbecue staples such as chicken breasts, pork chops, potato salad, lemonade, and hamburger buns are more elevated than last year.</p>
<p>“Despite higher food prices, the supply chain disruptions and inflation have made farm supplies more expensive; like consumers, farmers are price-takers not price-makers,” AFBF Chief Economist Roger Cryan explained. “Bottom line, in many cases the higher prices farmers are being paid aren’t covering the increase in their farm expenses. The cost of fuel is up and fertilizer prices have tripled.”</p>
<p>When President Biden’s <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1410709115333234691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1410709115333234691%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fheres-why-bidens-0-16-cookout-tweet-is-pure-propaganda">original Fourth of July tweet</a> — which heralded a 5% drop in prices for vanilla ice cream, a 2% drop for lemonade, and a 1% drop for sliced cheese, among other supposed price savings — gained widespread mockery, year-over-year inflation was 5.3% and rising. As of last month, inflation was 8.6% — the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-reaches-8-6-setting-new-four-decade-high">highest level</a> in four decades.</p>
<p>Since last year’s Fourth of July festivities, Russia initiated a war against Ukraine, leading to higher global energy prices. Gasoline on Independence Day 2021 was $3.12 per gallon — much higher than the $2.38 when Biden assumed the Oval Office, but not nearly as high as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-hit-grim-national-average-of-5-per-gallon">$5.00 per gallon</a> witnessed in June 2022, according to the U.S. <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&amp;f=W">Energy Information Administration</a>.</p>
<p>Worldwide food prices are also higher since Russia and Ukraine produce a combined 30% of the world’s traded wheat, according to the <a href="https://www.foodsecurityportal.org/node/1921">International Food Policy Research Institute</a>. Many nations in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/asian-african-nations-face-famine-as-ukraine-crisis-hits-global-food-supply">Africa and Asia</a> are thus threatened by starvation as Russia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-is-blocking-ukraine-from-exporting-food-threatening-africa-with-starvation%C2%A0">blockades</a> Ukrainian exports.</p>
<p>“The increased cost of food and supplies is a very real concern in our country and across the globe,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said. “U.S. food assistance programs and food banks help those who struggle to make ends meet here at home, but the story is much different around the globe as food insecurity skyrockets. The big impact of a single event in Ukraine shows how dependent the world is on stable, productive agriculture.”</p>
<p>In response to worsening inflationary pressures, President Biden has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-biden-blames-vladimir-putin-for-record-high-inflation">resistant</a> to taking responsibility. Instead, he has placed the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin.</p>
<p>“Putin’s Price Hike hit hard in May here and around the world: high gas prices at the pump, energy, and food prices accounted for around half of the monthly price increases, and gas pump prices are up by $2 a gallon in many places since Russian troops began to threaten Ukraine,” Biden said in response to the most recent inflation report. “Even as we continue our work to defend freedom in Ukraine, we must do more — and quickly — to get prices down here in the United States.”</p>

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