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TexasTowelie

(124,947 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 12:54 AM Tuesday

Trump announces $12 billion bailout plan for farmers - ABC News



President Trump announced a $12 billion aid package for American farmers on Monday. The aid package comes as the U.S.-China trade war has hit soybean farmers especially hard.

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Farmers get pennies on the dollar while Trump continues with his delusions.
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Trump announces $12 billion bailout plan for farmers - ABC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Tuesday OP
FOR THE PROBLEM HE CAUSED. Historic NY Tuesday #1
Oh FFS lapfog_1 Tuesday #2

lapfog_1

(31,546 posts)
2. Oh FFS
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 01:05 AM
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the foreign exporters are NOT paying the tariffs... importers are, and then trying to pass the increased cost onto American consumers.

It is a very regressive tax on consumers. You want coffee and a banana for your corn flakes... pay up... the farmers need a bailout because they cannot sell soybeans to China anymore.

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