Brazilians do not eat the same breakfasts as Americans.

My friend Chatty… Chatty GPT (I know, it’s a strange name, but she is very smart) tells me that a typical American breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, and coffee. Not my breakfast. I usually have coffee and maybe a piece of toast. (But I don’t think anyone who knows me would consider me typical.)

A typical Brazilian breakfast—or at least the one we eat at home—is a roll, fruit (either mango or papaya), and perhaps some cheese. My wife often has a tapioca crepe filled with cheese.

But Americans and Brazilians alike are complaining about breakfast these days.

Brazilians are frustrated because the price of coffee has gone up over 80% in the last year. Brazilians drink coffee all day long—it is as much a part of their national identity as samba or football. So, you can only imagine the political fracas over the cost of coffee, with each of the 28 political parties not in power attacking the one that currently resides in the presidential mansion. This, despite the fact that global warming and a series of storms destroyed a large portion of the coffee crop—factors that have nothing to do with politics.

Americans, on the other hand, are complaining about eggs. (That is no yolk—sorry, I have a disorder.) The price of eggs has nearly doubled to $7.09 from $3.70 last February. Of course, our national yolk is blaming the Democrats, despite claiming he would bring down egg prices on day one. The problem, much like the rest of the Yolk’s national agenda, is based on a big lie. The real reason egg prices have skyrocketed is avian flu, which is running rampant across the U.S.—but we can no longer measure it because Yolk won’t allow us to see that data.

The difference between our countries’ breakfast issues is that Brazil’s coffee crisis has an end in sight. New coffee plants will be planted, prices will come down, and there will be no ripple effect. The U.S. problem, however, will not go away. We have a government that does not believe in science, refuses to share data, and won’t fund the research necessary to prevent future crises. This means the situation will continue unabated for the foreseeable future. Worse, the ripple effect will hit everything made with eggs—which is, well, just about everything. And of course, the price of poultry will rise, because fewer and more expensive eggs mean more expensive chickens.

Which brings us to the Yolk-in-Chief’s platform of lower grocery prices—and, stand by for the big reveal—it was a lie. Shocking, I know. Even less shocking—though far more frightening—is that his followers will believe him when he inevitably blames DEI, the scientific elite, and the far left for the high price of eggs.

Sadly, the yolk’s on us for electing him.

My favorite author’s favorite catchphrase is:“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” When you elect a fool you get what you have paid for.

Sadly, we are about to be reminded of that every time we sit down to breakfast.