Trump Hates Socialism—Except When He’s Doing It

Trump Hates Socialism—Except When He’s Doing It

Tara Palmeri: “Trump made a quiet admission that his tariffs aren’t working as intended: he rolled out a $12 billion bailout for farmers.” “The irony is hard to miss. This is a president who loves the word ‘tariffs,’ but ‘socialism’ is one of his harshest insults, second only to communism. Yet here he is, redistributing wealth from one group of Americans to another because his voters, farmers, are hurting.”

Trump’s $12bn aid package: Are tariffs bleeding US farmers?

Trump says funds will be made available from tariff revenues and promises trade policies will make US farmers ‘strong’.

Letters to the Editor: Trump wouldn’t have to bail out farmers if he hadn't implemented tariffs in the first place

'Now, the president is going to bail out farmers with a $12-billion aid package to solve the problem that he created? Wouldn't it have made more economic sense not to impose the tariffs to begin with?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Pro-Inflation Democrats Oppose President Trump’s Plan To Help Farmers Boost Production

By Robert Romano “The reason farmers need relief at all is largely because Donald Trump betrayed them and decimated their businesses with his disastrous tariffs.” That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y) making a speech on the Senate floor on Dec. 8 opposing President Donald Trump’s $12 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program. The program is actually a response to unfair trade practices from abroad, unfair trade practices, su…

'A war against rural America’: Farmer-politician blasts Trump’s 'hoax' claims

President Donald Trump recently announced a $12 billion bailout of American farmers paid for by revenue generated from his tariffs on imported goods. But one longtime farmer and former Democratic U.S. senator is arguing that the bailout is a drop in the bucket compared to what farmers have lost under Trump's administration.During a Tuesday segment on MS NOW, former Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who is also a third-generation farmer, likened Trump's…

Tariffs Require $12 Billion in Handouts to Farmers… Again

Seven years ago, after sandbagging the farm economy with reckless tariffs, Donald Trump partially compensated farmers by handing out $12 billion in government aid: The Trump administration is coming to the aid of farmers hurt by its own hard-line trade policies, announcing Tuesday that it will make an estimated $12 billion in government assistance available, including direct payments to growers. The money comes after farmers, especially soybean …