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LilElf70

(1,114 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:20 PM 11 hrs ago

So much for FAFO

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-trump-eyes-10-billion-bailout-for-farmers-hurt-by-tariffs/

Ya know if your ass keeps getting bailed out for making poor political decisions, and no one learns from this BS.........................

The insanity in Washington has to stop. I just can't believe what I am witnessing.

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So much for FAFO (Original Post) LilElf70 11 hrs ago OP
Farmers aren't the only red-staters getting nasty surprises Vogon_Glory 11 hrs ago #1
tRump gave twice as much to Argentina so they could replace US soy in China markets with their own Bernardo de La Paz 11 hrs ago #2
Ditto SuzyandPuffpuff 11 hrs ago #3
From what I've read, f45 may say they'll get it but there is no authority for this as long as in2herbs 9 hrs ago #4
330 Million people LilElf70 7 hrs ago #5

Vogon_Glory

(10,078 posts)
1. Farmers aren't the only red-staters getting nasty surprises
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:30 PM
11 hrs ago

There will be other Republican voters who’ll discover that they’ve been played for fools.

Bernardo de La Paz

(59,143 posts)
2. tRump gave twice as much to Argentina so they could replace US soy in China markets with their own
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:33 PM
11 hrs ago

The gift benefited a financier adjacent to the regime and enabled Argentina to lift its export tax on soy so Argentine farmers could replace US farmers.

SuzyandPuffpuff

(301 posts)
3. Ditto
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:43 PM
11 hrs ago

Ridiculous... I think we've all run out of adjectives for the FILTH that is in dc. The cast and crew have failed us to the nth degree.

in2herbs

(3,941 posts)
4. From what I've read, f45 may say they'll get it but there is no authority for this as long as
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:32 PM
9 hrs ago

there is a govt shutdown. The farmers will just have to wait.

LilElf70

(1,114 posts)
5. 330 Million people
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:56 PM
7 hrs ago

And this is suppose to be our best?

I sometimes think I'm dreaming. Then I somehow hear his voice somewhere and I realize it's awfully real.

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