Joesley Batista
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Sep 10, 2026
Helena Bottemiller EvichHOST
And that guy was at the White House.
Theodore RossHOST
Yes, Joesley Batista.
Theodore RossHOST
He's one of the two brothers who have control of JBS internationally.
Theodore RossHOST
And Joesley came to the White House and had a little chit chat with Donald Trump.
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Theodore RossHOST
And then all of a sudden, the DOJ says they're going to start investigating JBS, the largest of the big four.
Theodore RossHOST
Meanwhile, The price of beef keeps going up.
Theodore RossHOST
Trump is meeting with Joesley Batista and so on and so forth.
Theodore RossHOST
We see this repeated cycle.
Chris HayesHOST
I think they're the biggest, actually, and they're out of Brazil.
Chris HayesHOST
And I want to sort of read some of what you say here about the role that Joesley Batista at JBS, a Brazilian billionaire, might have had here.
Chris HayesHOST
Mr. Batista gained the White House meeting.
Chris HayesHOST
He had a meeting last November.
Katie FangHOST
And the reason why I am spending time about that date is what happened the day before on August 20th? Well, funny you should ask, because I'm here to tell you.
Katie FangHOST
On August 20th, a guy named Joesley Batista met with convicted felon Donald Trump on August 20th, the day before this announcement goes out on Truth Social.
Katie FangHOST
They meet in the Oval Office and the two of them discuss how additional beef supplied from Brazil could help if Trump dropped a 26% import tax.
Katie FangHOST
Boom, next day, Trump posts on Truth Social, he's going to temporarily allow foreign beef product to be imported into the United States and sold at a 25% discount to market prices.
Katie FangHOST
No coincidence, Brazil is the world's largest producer of beef.
Katie FangHOST
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the largest trade group for cattle ranchers, saying that government intervention, like what Trump just announced, will only hurt ranchers and prevent long-term stability in the beef industry.
Katie FangHOST
Now, why are we talking about Joesley Batista? I'm calling him the Brazilian billionaire beef bro of Donald Trump.
Katie FangHOST
The reason why we're talking about him is because JBS, which is the world's largest meat packer, has played a key role in the Trump administration in terms of policy and in terms of how it's approaching certain market things.