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Hope22

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

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #13)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 05:21 PM

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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.

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Trump to give farmers $12 billion [View all] dalton99a Monday OP

Will the handout include new (actually refurbished, lol) Trump phones? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Monday #1

Most will go to big agriculture MAGA farmers will still vote for him or someone similar uponit7771 Monday #2

Hush Money bucolic_frolic Monday #3

Elections have consequences. bottomofthehill Monday #4

Socialism for farmers. Trump is a communist. Emile Monday #5

His policy is so stupid surfered Monday #6

Free money for some... Johonny Monday #7

Taxpayer funded welfare handouts to red-state leeches Mysterian Monday #8

It will never reach the farmers who need it most C_U_L8R Monday #9

He's bailing them out because he destroyed their market. Hope22 Monday #10

The Obama administration Greg_In_SF Monday #13

Did he place a tariff that caused billions of contracts to be canceled? Hope22 Monday #14

Many forget, but President Obama's Greg_In_SF Monday #16

And it was not a HANDOUT to farmers like Trump is doing Mysterian Tuesday #18

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

Still won't bring prices down Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday #12

Wrong. YOU to give farmers $12 billion. NT mahatmakanejeeves Monday #15

what act of congress appropriated the funds for this bailout? Takket Monday #17

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