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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,531 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:00 AM 20 hrs ago

'Knew it was coming' (farmer bailouts): Wall Street Journal bashes Trump's 'self-destructive tariff folly' -

In a new op-ed published on Sunday, the editorial board argued that reports of a $10 billion bailout for America's soybean farmers reveal that Trump's tariff policy is not working as the president says it is. Trump's tariff policy towards China has caused the country to stop buying American soybeans. The move significantly disrupted America's soybean industry because China was one of America's largest soybean customers.

You knew it was coming," the editors wrote. "As President Trump’s tariffs damage farmers and businesses across the U.S., the victims are besieging the Administration for relief. The long lines at the Commerce and Agriculture departments are the latest proof of self-destructive tariff folly."

'Knew it was coming': Wall Street Journal bashes Trump's 'self-destructive tariff folly' - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/wall-street-journal-2674156788/

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'Knew it was coming' (farmer bailouts): Wall Street Journal bashes Trump's 'self-destructive tariff folly' - (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 20 hrs ago OP

This is a GMO - GOP corporate bailout Champp 18 hrs ago #1

they knew Be Leave On 17 hrs ago #2

The WSJ might have it wrong DFW 15 hrs ago #3

Champp

(2,240 posts)

1. This is a GMO - GOP corporate bailout

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:32 AM

18 hrs ago

Republican GMO-soy execs knew they had this ripoff of American tariff-taxpayers in the bag all along.

Be Leave On

(341 posts)

2. they knew

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:36 AM

17 hrs ago

The farmers knew they'd be bailed out.
Just like the bankers in 2008.

DFW

(59,054 posts)

3. The WSJ might have it wrong

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Mon Oct 6, 2025, 07:56 AM

15 hrs ago

WE knew it was coming. The WSJ knew it was coming. The Trump administration? I'm not so sure.

Miller: Hey, Donald, there are a few hundred angry farmers from around the country gathering in front of the Agriculture Department.

Trump: Huh? What for?

Miller: They are pissed about the effects of our tariff policy on China.

Trump: Why? They aren't importing any food from China, so what do they care?

Miller: Well, no, they aren't buying food from the Chinese. But it has to do with Soybeans.

Trump: Soybeans? Whose Soybeans? Our Soybeans?

Miller: Yes. The Chinese are pissed about our tariffs, so they don't want our Soybeans.

Trump: So fire Soybeans, and let someone else handle it!

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