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In Absurd Twist, U.S. Blows $240,000 In Farmer Bailout Money Buying Ham From Chinese Conglomerate
Donald Trump's "greatest tariffs" have produced all manner of absurd outcomes in 2018, not the least of which is a $12 billion bailout for farmers hurt by the trade war.
Back in July, the government announced the multi-billion dollar rescue package for American agriculture and the circularity inherent in that effort was readily apparent both to lawmakers and to farmers themselves: Trump instituted trade policies that posed an existential threat to America's farmers and then, facing a severe
Sad.
Laughable, but mostly sad.
I see he is still using that paper towel toss he displayed in Puerto Rico.
Along with all the billions or trillions of dollars he has spent and wasted in the past two years, we now are paying the farmers for their loss he has caused and giving money to China (bet they are laughing!) for hams … while we have our military living in tents on the border to protect us from that “caravan” and they will be eating MRE’s for Thanksgiving — all a political ploy — and we let him get away with this shit? It would be so much better to deploy those military personnel to march into the WH and bag him.
STOP THIS INSANITY