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Trump on Tuesday promised supporters that farmers will be the biggest beneficiary of his escalating trade disputes with numerous countries, hours after it was reported his administration will provide financial aid to farmers negatively affected by tariffs.
Trump, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., assured supporters that the steep tariffs his administration has slapped on imports from Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union will pay off in the end.
He lamented that trade deals the U.S. had with other countries have long been one-sided, and cost the U.S. billions of dollars.
Weve got to fight it. Nobody else fought it, Trump said.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/398597-trump-farmers-will-be-biggest-beneficiary-of-trade-war
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)But alas, the only people who get safety nets are the real moochers.
1929 . . . . . .
Phoenix61
(16,950 posts)Once foreign companies find other suppliers for products they were buying from the US before Twitler's tariffs they may never return. Supply chains are difficult to put in place and Twitler has proven himself untrustworthy. Why would they risk him pulling some shit in the future? For all those folks who said he would run the US just like one of his companies, they were right. He's running it straight into the ground.
3Hotdogs
(12,207 posts)RainCaster
(10,676 posts)Those fucking MAGAts certainly would NEVER take any form of welfare would they?
Cicada
(4,533 posts)If prices in the future are similar why take a risk going back to American buyers? Safer to maintain new buyers in Brazil. Some of the new suppliers will have lasting relationships with Chinese buyers.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It doesn't matter what reality is. Whatever Trump says is what his fans will believe. Farms going under, prices going higher, paycheck not going as far as it used to; none of that will dent their faith.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)I look like Einstein compared to this guy!