As Republicans and President Donald Trump continue beefing over the price of beef, the president recently decided to quadruple the number of imported cattle cuts from Argentina in an effort to lower prices.

This week, the president said U.S. cattle ranchers benefit from tariffs he imposed on imports, but prices must go down to encourage Americans to purchase their products, according to Reuters .

Trump’s suggestion did not go over well with U.S. ranchers.

“If President Trump is truly an ally of America’s cattle producers, we call on him to abandon this effort to manipulate markets,” said the National Cattlemen's Beef Association’s CEO Colin Woodall in a Wednesday statement.

Woodall noted that over the past five years, Argentina has shipped beef valued at more than $800 million

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