At every turn, Trump's ideas for aiding U.S. consumers run into resistance

First came a proposal to permit tariff-free beef imports, but that immediately angered America’s farmers and ranchers. Then came a plan to ban exports of domestic diesel fuel, but that met with pushback from major oil companies. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.In between, President Donald Trump pitched the idea of simply cutting $5,000 checks to adult Americans frustrated, polls show, by high food and gas prices