Trump to give farmers $12 billion

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-12-8-2025#0000019a-fe54-d53b-ab9f-fefe38910000

Trump is proposing a $12B farm aid package to soften blow of his tariffs, White House official says
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Trump is planning the aid package for U.S. farmers who’ve struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war, according to a White House official.

According to the official, who was granted anonymity to speak ahead of a planned announcement, Trump will unveil the plan Monday afternoon at the White House.

Farmers have backed Trump politically but his aggressive trade policies and frequently changing tariff rates have come under increasing scrutiny because of the impact on the agricultural sector and because of broader consumer worries.

The aid is the administration’s latest effort to defend Trump’s economic stewardship and answer voter angst about rising costs — even as the president has dismissed concerns about affordability as a Democratic “hoax.”

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

1. Will the handout include new (actually refurbished, lol) Trump phones?

[uponit7771]

2. Most will go to big agriculture MAGA farmers will still vote for him or someone similar

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Hush Money

Buying off dissent.

[bottomofthehill]

4. Elections have consequences.

They are not going to drop the cost of food or feed the poor. Payoff pure and simple.

[Emile]

5. Socialism for farmers. Trump is a communist.

[surfered]

6. His policy is so stupid

[Johonny]

7. Free money for some...

[Mysterian]

8. Taxpayer funded welfare handouts to red-state leeches

No money for schools or bridges.

[C_U_L8R]

9. It will never reach the farmers who need it most

Trump cronies will pocket all they can, leaving nothing for farms.

[Hope22]

10. He's bailing them out because he destroyed their market.

The taxpayers should not be picking up the tab for this! He will take third of it back in kickbacks. Never ending.

[Greg_In_SF]

13. The Obama administration

authorized approximately $50 billion in aid to farmers.

[Hope22]

14. Did he place a tariff that caused billions of contracts to be canceled?

I didn’t think so! The money in lost sales is gone but the taxpayers will pick up the tab times billions as the debt balloons. Agriculture should be treated as a form of national defense. Let’s feed ourselves first. We are all but living in isolation at this point.

[Greg_In_SF]

16. Many forget, but President Obama's

trade policies included high tariffs on food and clothing, which disproportionately affected low-income families and farmers.

[Mysterian]

18. And it was not a HANDOUT to farmers like Trump is doing

Why don't you educate yourself and stop trying to foist misinformation?

https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/the-2014-farm-bill-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

[bluestarone]

11. I can see it now. First thing he will do is see who and what farmers DONATED to him, and how much

Then, give THEM donations back so they can donate again. That's how things work in the TSF's world.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Still won't bring prices down

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. Wrong. YOU to give farmers $12 billion. NT

[Takket]

17. what act of congress appropriated the funds for this bailout?