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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(132,743 posts)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:53 PM Dec 9

Trump says $12 billion bailout plan for farmers will come from tariff revenue

President Donald Trump announced a total $12 billion in funding to help American farmers during an event on Monday, and said that it would come from tariff revenue.

"I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs. ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. And we love our farmers," the president said.

The package includes $11 billion in one-time payments to crop farmers through a new Department of Agriculture bridge payment program. The remaining funds will then go to other crops not covered by that program.

"This relief will provide much-needed certainty to farmers as they get this year's harvest to market and look ahead to next year's crops. And it'll help them continue their efforts to lower food prices for American families," Trump added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-says-12-billion-bailout-plan-for-farmers-will-come-from-tariff-revenue/ar-AA1RXlNw

Just end the fucking tariffs.

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Trump says $12 billion bailout plan for farmers will come from tariff revenue (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 9 OP
So it's just a circle of money with no real benefit to anybody. Ocelot II Dec 9 #1
Yes. I think the correct economic term is "circle jerk." Irish_Dem Dec 9 #5
Paying them not to farm lame54 Dec 9 #7
Yes, and the rest of us get nothing. yardwork Dec 9 #32
I knew he was gonna pull a fast one on the farmers! imanamerican63 Dec 9 #2
Gosh mr trump why do our farmers need to be bailed out? BOSSHOG Dec 9 #3
What's the difference between Trump & a flying pig? CrispyQ Dec 9 #10
Tariffs caused the deficit for the farmers and now the tariffs will bail them out? Irish_Dem Dec 9 #4
He thought tariffs BOSSHOG Dec 9 #12
Trump is a cold blooded murderer, rapist, traitor, thief, Russian asset. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #14
I'm sure he knows nothing about farming, has he ever even been to a farm? Walleye Dec 9 #18
He knows everything about nothing and nothing about everything BOSSHOG Dec 9 #21
Trump's a liar. (In addition to a puppet, a convicted felon and a rapist.) suegeo Dec 9 #24
We are paying Trump to destroy our country, and then paying to repair it. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #25
Robbing Peter to pay Paul CountAllVotes Dec 9 #6
It appears to me that Krasnov has a Sovereign Wealth Fund, gab13by13 Dec 9 #8
Who is auditing the supposed tariff money? Prairie Gates Dec 9 #9
The Trump Crime Syndicate has its own internal auditors. Irish_Dem Dec 9 #26
Has anyone made a running list of all the things Emile Dec 9 #11
Where's the 2,000$ to every taxpayer this month?! It was to be dispersed from the tariff's fund Deuxcents Dec 9 #29
Oh, but you stiff everyone else from getting their $5K TheBlackAdder Dec 9 #13
Hate seeing just farmers getting help. bluestarone Dec 9 #15
DJT sure is spreading that tariff money thin. He brags about how much tariff money has allegorical oracle Dec 9 #16
We Know the Formula, As Reliable as the Laws of Gravity; His Lips Are Moving, Therefore The Roux Comes First Dec 9 #17
So, you steal my wallet C_U_L8R Dec 9 #19
Would not Rebl2 Dec 9 #20
Sounds like Trump 1.0 all over again. MustBeTheBooz Dec 9 #22
The soybean market took decades to build (China) suegeo Dec 9 #23
It's easier to keep a customer than to get one back. mobeau69 Dec 9 #33
Socialism taking our many and giving it to farmers. nt doc03 Dec 9 #27
It feels like he's promised $32 kajillion in programs from these tariffs Sympthsical Dec 9 #28
What about the rest of us you orange asshole. dem4decades Dec 9 #30
Tariff money stolen from consumers who got nothing for it bucolic_frolic Dec 9 #31
Socialism for farmers. Trump is a Communist! Emile Dec 9 #34
The Trump Stink The Wizard Dec 9 #35

Ocelot II

(128,999 posts)
1. So it's just a circle of money with no real benefit to anybody.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:56 PM
Dec 9

The tariffs are causing farmers to lose money, so Trump uses the tariff money to reimburse the farmers for their losses that wouldn't have happened if Trump hadn't imposed the tariffs in the first place? Did I understand that correctly?

yardwork

(68,953 posts)
32. Yes, and the rest of us get nothing.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:28 PM
Dec 9

What about all the other Americans losing small businesses and paying higher prices because of the stupid tariffs?

One of my two useless senators (Thom Tillis) posted on FB today praise for Trump looking out for NC's tobacco farmers. There is so much wrong with this....

imanamerican63

(15,868 posts)
2. I knew he was gonna pull a fast one on the farmers!
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:56 PM
Dec 9


I’m shocked that he didn’t say that in the beginning!

BOSSHOG

(44,718 posts)
3. Gosh mr trump why do our farmers need to be bailed out?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:58 PM
Dec 9

Cause you are a selfish shitstain? Cause you can’t breathe without lying?

CrispyQ

(40,662 posts)
10. What's the difference between Trump & a flying pig?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:03 PM
Dec 9

An f.



There's a house in our neighborhood that puts a new Dad joke out every few days & they're never political until the protest a few weeks ago & this was up. We laughed & laughed!

Irish_Dem

(79,716 posts)
4. Tariffs caused the deficit for the farmers and now the tariffs will bail them out?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:58 PM
Dec 9

I guess it is all magic.
Dark magic.

BOSSHOG

(44,718 posts)
12. He thought tariffs
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:10 PM
Dec 9

Were used to kill fishermen stranded on boats. He doesn’t know anything about the earlier use of tariffs and Hegseth is on the hook for maritime murders. Trump should be in jail but the honorable John roberts and his gang of conservative punks thought otherwise.

Irish_Dem

(79,716 posts)
14. Trump is a cold blooded murderer, rapist, traitor, thief, Russian asset.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:13 PM
Dec 9

He belongs in a Supermax prison for life.

BOSSHOG

(44,718 posts)
21. He knows everything about nothing and nothing about everything
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:36 PM
Dec 9

He is the poorest man in the world. He’s never earned anything of value. Hes never loved or been loved. He has to order people to award him stuff. He is a pathetic excuse of humanity.

suegeo

(3,099 posts)
24. Trump's a liar. (In addition to a puppet, a convicted felon and a rapist.)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:08 PM
Dec 9

Last edited Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:19 AM - Edit history (1)

According to the following article, the money is coming from the Ag Dept's Commodity Credit Corporation. Which my tax dollars fund.
And not from tariffs, which I guess convicted felon and his gangsters are pocketing.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/12/08/repub/trump-to-send-12-billion-in-one-time-payments-to-farmers-to-offset-ag-losses/

“I’m delighted to announce this afternoon that the United States will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs… and we’re going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance,” Trump said.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, though, told reporters following the event that the money came from the department’s Commodity Credit Corporation, which is funded through regular appropriations from Congress, according to a White House pool report.


ON EDIT: I googled and found reports that the CCC had only 4 billion in funds available. The fascists can dip into the Treasury for additional funds for this bailout, that was caused by the stupid fascist's tariff policy. The money will flow through some other USDA organization called the FSA. This bailout is another executive branch overreach allocating funds from the taxpayer that could otherwise have been used for beneficial agriculture project. Instead, you get welfare to millionaire farmers (at least land rich mostly white dudes.)

Irish_Dem

(79,716 posts)
25. We are paying Trump to destroy our country, and then paying to repair it.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:12 PM
Dec 9

While Trump gets very very rich.

gab13by13

(31,171 posts)
8. It appears to me that Krasnov has a Sovereign Wealth Fund,
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:00 PM
Dec 9

he just didn't tell anyone about it.

The tariff money isn't his to give away, unless it's in a sovereign wealth fund. What happens if the Supreme Court fucks up and rules that Krasnov's tariffs are illegal? Is Krasnov just saying he is giving farmers money from tariffs just to pressure his personal Supreme Court?

It gets old watching Krasnov and his band of fucking thieves.

Prairie Gates

(7,165 posts)
9. Who is auditing the supposed tariff money?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:02 PM
Dec 9

So the President can institute his own tax (calling it a tariff) and then use the collected tax money as he sees fit, completely circumventing the Congress?

Fun stuff.

Irish_Dem

(79,716 posts)
26. The Trump Crime Syndicate has its own internal auditors.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:15 PM
Dec 9

They know to the penny where it is all going.

Deuxcents

(25,482 posts)
29. Where's the 2,000$ to every taxpayer this month?! It was to be dispersed from the tariff's fund
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:23 PM
Dec 9

bluestarone

(21,131 posts)
15. Hate seeing just farmers getting help.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:15 PM
Dec 9

This whole fucking country is a disgrace since He's been in office. Only reason you help farmers is you need their votes, and donations. What about all Americans that lose their jobs. and snap benefits. Hope some Americans see through this BASTARD and vote straight Democratic ticket in 26!

allegorical oracle

(6,164 posts)
16. DJT sure is spreading that tariff money thin. He brags about how much tariff money has
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 03:19 PM
Dec 9

come in, but according to Steve Rattner, it currently amounts to about $250 billion. That's a lot of money, but djt is saying it could replace income tax. Nope. Rattner pointed out last week that income tax brings in almost $3 trillion. Now tsf suggests tariff money can help restore farmers' income -- and then he wants to send money directly to people for health care.

We should never forget that this "genius" is the same one who went bankrupt (counts vary) four-to-six times.

C_U_L8R

(48,845 posts)
19. So, you steal my wallet
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:22 PM
Dec 9

Then only give me back a little of what your stole.
And you want thanks??!! GTFO.

Rebl2

(17,386 posts)
20. Would not
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:35 PM
Dec 9

Have to bail them out if he hadn’t put tariffs on everything and about every country. Oh, and I won’t believe he bails them out until I see it.

suegeo

(3,099 posts)
23. The soybean market took decades to build (China)
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:02 PM
Dec 9

Those markets are not coming back. Soybeans are relatively easy to grow.
What a mess. GOP. Liars. Thieves. Rapists. Felons. Corrupt bastards.

Sympthsical

(10,846 posts)
28. It feels like he's promised $32 kajillion in programs from these tariffs
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:21 PM
Dec 9

Like a man with fifty bill collectors telling every single one of them, "I promise, when my next paycheck comes . . ."

bucolic_frolic

(53,989 posts)
31. Tariff money stolen from consumers who got nothing for it
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:23 PM
Dec 9

given to businesses hurt by tariffs. People are the real losers here.

The Wizard

(13,582 posts)
35. The Trump Stink
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:56 PM
Dec 9

The farmers who supported Russia's tool deserve nothing. Now they'll be paid to do nothing. As King Lear was won't to say "Nothing comes of nothing."

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