Senator from Wyoming Defends Tariffs, Citing Beef Trade Issues with Australia

As the Left and corporate media panic over President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs, real Americans in flyover country are finally seeing a long-awaited correction to decades of unfair trade. On Fox News Monday morning, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) made it crystal clear: Trump’s tariff strategy is delivering for America’s cattle producers especially in his home state of Wyoming.

“One of the countries that you just showed on that slide before I came on australia. Australia has sold $29 billion worth of beef in the United States, and we haven’t been able to sell one hamburger in Australia because of barriers,” Barrasso said on America’s Newsroom.

It’s a perfect example of why Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs are more than economic leverage they’re a declaration that America is done playing by globalist rules that handicap our own workers and producers.

Senator Barrasso laid out the facts:

Australia: $29 billion in beef exports to the U.S., zero American beef going into Australia due to protectionist barriers.

Thailand: Slaps 30% tariffs on U.S. beef.

Vietnam: Jacks it up to 50%.

And yet, for years, American ranchers were told to sit down and take it to keep playing “free trade” while foreign countries stacked the deck against them. Not anymore.

“The cattle producers, they are saying it is about time,” Barrasso said. And he’s right. Wyoming’s ranchers and beef producers across the country have long borne the brunt of global trade hypocrisy, forced to compete with imports while being denied access to international markets.

President Trump’s new tariff plan, unveiled last week at the White House, imposes a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, with targeted surcharges for nations with glaring trade imbalances or exploitative practices. It’s a dramatic reset and the establishment hates it. Wall Street had a meltdown, globalist pundits cried foul, and legacy media screamed “economic chaos.”

But Trump isn’t backing down. He’s calling on Americans to “hang tough” and recognize that the short-term turbulence is worth the long-term transformation.

The U.S. imported $29 billion in beef from Australia, while exporting virtually none due to their trade restrictions.

As of 2024, America runs a $948 billion trade deficit, largely due to rigged deals and weak leadership.

Over 1 million U.S. jobs have been lost in agriculture and food production since 2001 due to outsourcing and unfair trade terms.

This is exactly why Congress gave the president expanded authority to enforce tariffs under national security and trade enforcement laws. And Trump is finally using that power to protect our producers, not sell them out.

Senator Barrasso summed it up best: “I appreciate what the president is doing on tariffs, specifically in our home state of Wyoming.”

The days of one-sided trade are over. America isn’t just open for business we’re done being taken for a ride. And under President Trump, the message is clear: no more hamburgers for Australia until American ranchers get a fair shot.

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