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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(11,360 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:49 AM 18 hrs ago

Trump outrages farmers by giving 20 billion to Argentina when Argentina supplanted USA as soybean provider to China

Summary
1. Trump's stupid tariff war decentivizes China from buying US soybeans
2. Argentina grabs the China market
3. Trump loves Argintina's losing rightwing leader..giving him $20 billion
4. Maga hates bailouts especially to a country that supplanted USA




Trump set to bail out Argentina, irking some in ‘America First’ camp


“I don't think there's too much doubt that President Trump himself personally has instructed Secretary Bessent and the Treasury Department to come to Argentina's aid and support President Milei because President Trump wants to support President Milei,” said Douglas Rediker, chairman of International Capital Strategies, which advises institutional investors.

By trying to solve his ally’s problem, Trump is creating fresh headaches for himself. American farmers, among the president’s most loyal supporters, were outraged this past week when Argentina suspended its 26 percent export tax to encourage China to place a massive order for soybeans even as Washington was preparing to help Milei.
Amid Trump’s ongoing tariff war with Beijing, American farmers have seen their once-plentiful Chinese orders drop to zero.

Argentina’s success in supplanting them in the Chinese market while receiving U.S. financial help has raised questions about the Trump administration’s priorities.

“We are uncompetitive in that China market due to government policy. On the other hand, our government gives that financial bailout to a foreign country who in turn makes their prices more competitive and sells into a market that we’re unable to access,” said Caleb Ragland, who grows soybean, wheat and corn on about 4,500 acres of land in Larue County, Kentucky.

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Trump outrages farmers by giving 20 billion to Argentina when Argentina supplanted USA as soybean provider to China (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd 18 hrs ago OP
Farmers facing a steep learning curve. Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #1
Doubtful Rebl2 17 hrs ago #10
If it were any steeper, they'd fall down the rabbit hole. ananda 16 hrs ago #20
It seems there is math involved. Tetrachloride 16 hrs ago #21
P)probably 3auld6phart 15 hrs ago #34
Trumpco Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #2
He's also squandering political capital on Bolsinaro in Brazil BeyondGeography 17 hrs ago #3
expect Trump to transfer the remaining dregs of US wealth to US farmers. BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #4
Trump keeps finding all this money to spend-- viva la 17 hrs ago #5
That is SO pre-2025. MLWR 15 hrs ago #37
20 Billion $..that's *billion* with a B. 🤬 Deuxcents 14 hrs ago #41
Maybe American farmers need to step up their sideburns game. tanyev 17 hrs ago #6
He and Miller are trying EVERYTHING they can think of to get Americans to respond with violence Attilatheblond 17 hrs ago #7
I'm surprised that American farmers haven't broke out the pitchforks and torches Blue Owl 17 hrs ago #8
Nothing shakes maga ❤️ of trump BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #12
They need a minority to take their anger out on JI7 16 hrs ago #18
They'll take it out on the gays, the immigrants, the teachers. They will never look in the mirror. LuvLoogie 15 hrs ago #32
Maybe they shouldn't have voted MAGA. FAFO. n/t CousinIT 17 hrs ago #9
The MAGA voters popsdenver 16 hrs ago #24
They so deserve this lesson in stupid is what stupid does. Baitball Blogger 17 hrs ago #11
They deserve the lesson but they never learn it. nt Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #30
Make Argentina Great Again should be coming from the mouth of every Dem. 617Blue 17 hrs ago #13
Funny how that works, huh? no_hypocrisy 17 hrs ago #14
Cry harder peggysue2 16 hrs ago #15
Howdy! They love the TOUGH patriarcal racist pigs. Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #29
Pretty much peggysue2 15 hrs ago #38
Going forward Golden Raisin 16 hrs ago #16
Farmers looking for bailouts again. Trump has made farmers 'takers not makers'. Socialists now. Norrrm 16 hrs ago #17
Unfortunately those farmers watch Reich wing media and will never hear this kimbutgar 16 hrs ago #19
America First gfarber 16 hrs ago #22
Nice!!! BlueWaveNeverEnd 16 hrs ago #23
ALL Americans should be outraged. GoCubsGo 15 hrs ago #25
Gee, the leopards are not stuffed yet... Justice matters. 15 hrs ago #26
Republicans treat farmers like Suckers and Losers Champp 15 hrs ago #27
"questions about the Trump administration's priorities" William Seger 15 hrs ago #28
Hey assholes, you vote for this garbage repeatedly! Initech 15 hrs ago #31
Live and learn, farmers. republianmushroom 15 hrs ago #33
Tots & Pears !! IbogaProject 15 hrs ago #35
FAFO evolves 15 hrs ago #36
How many farmers that voted for Trump last time would vote against him next time? DFW 15 hrs ago #39
Make Argentina Great Again. 617Blue 14 hrs ago #40

3auld6phart

(1,631 posts)
34. P)probably
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:20 PM
15 hrs ago

Not. They are the same ignorant American electorate. Typically love the ignorant slobs, Baker Swaggerts jones, willing to drink the Kool aide.

BeyondGeography

(40,674 posts)
3. He's also squandering political capital on Bolsinaro in Brazil
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:56 AM
17 hrs ago

Which, not totally coincidentally, is exporting more soybeans than ever to China.

Trump is a one-man wrecking ball to farmers, 80 percent of whom voted for him.

viva la

(4,316 posts)
5. Trump keeps finding all this money to spend--
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:58 AM
17 hrs ago

Where?
Aren't funds supposed to be allocated in the budget by Congress?

Attilatheblond

(7,336 posts)
7. He and Miller are trying EVERYTHING they can think of to get Americans to respond with violence
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:58 AM
17 hrs ago

so they can find an excuse to mow us down.

Blue Owl

(57,416 posts)
8. I'm surprised that American farmers haven't broke out the pitchforks and torches
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:58 AM
17 hrs ago

After Diarrhea Donny done fucked them over like we all knew he would…..

LuvLoogie

(8,284 posts)
32. They'll take it out on the gays, the immigrants, the teachers. They will never look in the mirror.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:07 PM
15 hrs ago

Never.

popsdenver

(533 posts)
24. The MAGA voters
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:52 PM
16 hrs ago

are beginning to be thrown under the bus.........Before the election, they should have all wondered what he meant when he said:

"Just vote for me this ONE last time, and you will never need to vote again"...........

The entire 75 Million of them have outgrown their usefulness to the Republican Party............

The Republican Voters and also all the Republican run Corporations put Trump/RepubliCON's in power, and "poopy pants" has now only started screwing both of them over.......... There is a whole, brand new group of Robber Barrons running things folks.......

(As a side note...........The next ones targeted at some point will be the Republican U.S. Senators, the Republican U.S. House members, AND the Republican Supreme Court Justices...........all are so dumb to realize that there is NO Judicial Branch, or Legislative Branch of government in a tyranny/dictatorship..............)

All of the things being done in the shadows, by the 2025 Group, and Steven Miller Inc , are aligning us all, for a Perfect Storm folks............

peggysue2

(12,189 posts)
15. Cry harder
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:55 AM
16 hrs ago

The majority of US farmers voted for this maniac who told everyone what he was prepared to do. Now, he's operating the playbook crippling the American agricultural sector while throwing the entire American economy into the toilet.

Surprise?

Only for the willfully blind and deaf.



Justice matters.

(8,926 posts)
29. Howdy! They love the TOUGH patriarcal racist pigs.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:01 PM
15 hrs ago

They don't care he told them he doesn't care about them and all he wants is their votes okay?

peggysue2

(12,189 posts)
38. Pretty much
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:44 PM
15 hrs ago

In fact, he told all the MAGA and 'beautiful Christian' devotees he only needed their vote in 2024. Then they wouldn't need to vote anymore.

Why?

The hidden/not hidden message was that voting would become irrelevant. Once installed, he and his Flying Monkey Brigade had/has no intention of leaving.

Golden Raisin

(4,740 posts)
16. Going forward
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:04 PM
16 hrs ago

Let's see if farmers stop voting straight down-ballot Republican in future Federal, State and Local elections.

Norrrm

(3,045 posts)
17. Farmers looking for bailouts again. Trump has made farmers 'takers not makers'. Socialists now.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:10 PM
16 hrs ago

kimbutgar

(26,136 posts)
19. Unfortunately those farmers watch Reich wing media and will never hear this
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:20 PM
16 hrs ago

That he’s helping Argentina over the American farmers. Those people are too far gone and brainwashed now to realize the truth.

gfarber

(104 posts)
22. America First
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:35 PM
16 hrs ago

Trump backed Milei with great pride,
Sent dollars to help him worldwide.
But farmers are sore—
Their China deals? No more!
While Argentina’s profits just glide.

Trump tossed Milei a big stack of dough,
Said, "Let’s help him put on a show!"
But farmers turned red—
"China buys them instead?!"
Now they’re mad in Kentucky corn rows.

To help Milei, Trump wrote a big check,
While his base cried, "What the actual heck?"
"China won’t buy our beans,
But they’re buying Argentine’s?"
Guess America First’s just a wreck.

GoCubsGo

(34,376 posts)
25. ALL Americans should be outraged.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:55 PM
15 hrs ago

Millions of OUR fucking tax dollars are going to bail out Argentina, while our country is rotting to the core. Hurricane Helene happened a year ago. There are still homes in my neighborhood waiting for repair, and we didn't even get the worst of the damage here. Imagine what it's like in parts of North Carolina, where no help has arrived, at all. But, we can send funds to goddamn Argentina??? What the ever-loving fuck???

Justice matters.

(8,926 posts)
26. Gee, the leopards are not stuffed yet...
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 PM
15 hrs ago

Told them the pedophile they elected the first time would do it again.

They refused to believe it.

Fooled them once, shame on them.

Fooled them twice... the leopards were not stuffed yet.

How more stupid and racist do they have to be??

Champp

(2,155 posts)
27. Republicans treat farmers like Suckers and Losers
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 12:57 PM
15 hrs ago

same as regular taxpayers who are not qualified for Republican tax cuts for the rich.

William Seger

(11,835 posts)
28. "questions about the Trump administration's priorities"
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:00 PM
15 hrs ago

... only exist if you don't understand the priorities of an obnoxiously self-obsessed malignant narcissist — it sure isn't
America First, and I've never seen any evidence that farmers are anywhere on the list.

Initech

(106,415 posts)
31. Hey assholes, you vote for this garbage repeatedly!
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:07 PM
15 hrs ago

Let me go find the world's smallest violin!

IbogaProject

(5,043 posts)
35. Tots & Pears !!
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:20 PM
15 hrs ago

Come on MAGA Farmers time to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. I do feel for any progressive farmers who are caught up in this mess.

DFW

(59,011 posts)
39. How many farmers that voted for Trump last time would vote against him next time?
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 01:53 PM
15 hrs ago

My guess is some percentage hovering somewhere around zero.

They'd vote for him again in a heartbeat. Democrats, in their eyes, are for abortion (not choice, but abortion), soshalists, they are libbruls, supportive of the Constitution, and anti-American in general.

They listen to National Hate Radio and Fox Noise by choice, and disbelieve everything else. If they go bankrupt, it is the fault of George Soros, Adam Schiff and Hakeem Jeffries (he's a POC, you know!).

You could have Elissa Slotkin, Mark Kelly, and Eric Swalwell show up at a failing farm with overalls, free labor and ten million dollars in cash, and they'd tell the trio of "libbruls" to get lost, claiming that their votes are "not for sale." They refuse to acknowledge that they had sold their votes long ago, and gotten nothing in return.

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