'Trump's man in Texas' says it's his 'first time' disagreeing with president on key issue

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R), who is President Donald Trump’s self-avowed “man in Texas” is now demanding Trump cease importing beef from Argentina.

“He says he agrees with President Trump on just about everything, but he says he draws the line on one thing,” reported MSNBC reporter Rosa Flores. “He says that he sent the White House a five-point plan that includes opening federal lands to grazing and tax credits. But at the top of that list was one thing, and that thing alone was the message to the president: 'Do not import beef from Argentina.'”

“I think that's a mistake. I think that's the first time I've ever disagreed with Donald Trump,” said Miller adding that he contacted [White House Chief of Staff] Susie Wiles and [advisor] Stephen Miller and said … y'all are trying to solve it in the wrong way.”

Miller said the White House was open to his other ideas, including opening up federal grazing land and new tax credits, so he hoped that "down the road” Trump would be open to reversing his stance on beef imports and not hurting U.S. farmer with dropping beef prices by flooding the market with Argentina beef.

Miller is not the only Republican with a problem on this issue. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, also recently expressed opposition to the administration’s proposal, writing in a Southeast Missourian op-ed that “purchasing beef tariff-free from Argentina would be devastating to America’s cattle producers, who are struggling just to get by.”

But there’s no determining which way Trump will go as the White House confirmed plans to quadruple the tariff rate quota for Argentina beef imports. Trump considers Argentina's President Javier Milei an international MAGA ally, and he finalized a $20 billion payout to Argentina — despite outrage from U.S. critics amid a lingering government shutdown and a rash of federal firings.

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