Trump ready to bail out farmers amid trade war squeeze, Rollins says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

6 hours ago


President Trump is prepared to bail out American farmers if the trade war continues squeezing commodity exports, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Sunday.

Why it matters: Exports of key commodities are plunging, particularly soybean and pork sales to China, threatening tens of billions of dollars in farm income.

What they're saying: "First of all, the prayer is that that doesn't need to happen — but secondly, if it does, for the short term, just as in Trump 1, we are preparing for that," Rollins told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.

Catch up quick: In Trump's first term, amid a smaller trade war with China, the government rolled out tens of billions of dollars in farm subsidies.

Those bailouts, collectively, ended up being so large that they almost equaled the tariff revenue generated.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/27/farm-tariffs-bailout-trump-china

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There is absolutely NOT ENOUGH money to do any "bailouts" of farmers. NOT when you now have a trade war that isn't just with China like the first term, but with most of the rest of the world... let alone needing to give more money to Muskrat and the rest of the billionaires by extending those tax cuts for them.

[Javaman]

1. It might be too late for many of them nt

[erronis]

15. Of course. The bail-outs will happen when the vulture capitalists buy the farms and reap the rewards.

[jls4561]

2. First you make the mess, then you bail yourself out of the mess- with someone else's money.

There. I’ve written a Krasnov biography.

[graycampervan]

18. Bail Out

Gotta keep that reliable base happy. As long as he bails THEM out they'll vote for him again. Quite sure they don't think about the rest of us.

[Botany]

29. You forgot part 3 of Krasnov's biography

Blame somebody else for the problem he created.

Right now he and Musk are trying to shut down NOAA’s climate observatory on Mt.
Mauna Loa in Hawaii which is insanity. CO2 will keep building up in the atmosphere
no matter if we record the data about it or not. The Keeling Curve is real.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Get the gubmint off my back but all the hands are out for the bailouts. What is wrong with this picture.

[JohnSJ]

4. At the tax payers expense.

[CountAllVotes]

5. too late dump

It is too late to undo the damage down by the ORANGE HITLER!

Too late!

& recommend!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Yes, the bailout in 2018 was not very effective and the situation now is deeper and broader. . . nt

[walkingman]

6. So you kill jobs to save money and use taxpayer dollars to

make sure the people you screwed (farmers) will continue to vote for you.

Sounds like a plan. Asshole.

[enid602]

8. Boeing

Don’t forget the bailout Trump will need to make to Boeing for their lost revenue! Boeing lost 25% of their future revenue when China canceled their contracts. China has already returned one 737 from their finishing plant. Only 17 more to go for the remainder of this year.

[OrlandoDem2]

9. Can I have a bailout? What about for consumers?

[delisen]

10. Farm Welfare. It isn't Snap. nt

[Bristlecone]

11. Suckling at the government teet again.

Socialism for me, but not for thee policy at its best.

[NickB79]

12. I know which farmer uncles I'll be shaming this summer

Shame a few of my "self-reliant, pull yourself up by your bootstraps" Trump-voting uncles by asking them for a little piece of their welfare money, since it's partly MY taxpayer dollars going into their pockets.

[ananda]

13. Yeah, the way this government is hemorraging money...

I'd say that supposed bailout is all talk and no show.

[Buddyzbuddy]

14. Doesn't China own the largest pig farm or pork producer in the US?

[BumRushDaShow]

17. They own Smithfield Foods.

[bronxiteforever]

16. Vote hell no. We are not responsible for Trump fuck up

Maybe Grassley can reach into his own pocket since he owns this.
Or the price can be offset by cuts in ICE budget or payments to El Salvador..

[Prairie Gates]

19. Lazy farmers want government hand-outs

At a certain point, if Trump consistently "bails out" farmers, it's just a government handout. They know it's coming, so they vote for him. They don't want to work. They want to get free things from the government.

Lazy!

[Martin68]

20. Trump did the same thing last term, and I predicted he'd do it again. He can't alienate the entire farming community.

And they depend on exports to China.

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Such breathtaking efficient use of taxpayer money. Right, Elon?

[Scalded Nun]

22. So now we are going to take taxpayer $$ to compensate farmers for the $$ they have lost because YOU

fucked them over.

And the $$ lost to 'ordinary' citizens?

I also have to wonder how many $$ will go to family farmers and how many $$ will go to big Agra. NOT

[RainCaster]

23. Will the billionaires pay for this?

It's their dumbass economist who caused this farm wreck. I think they should foot the bill.

[sakabatou]

24. Riiiiight. He'll just bail out Big Agriculture while fucking the rest

[Javaman]

25. ready does not mean he will. nt

[BoRaGard]

26. Not farmers, but Ag and Chem Corporations

[Blues Heron]

27. maybe stop drilling holes in the ship of states hull? How big is the bailing bucket?

[Wingus Dingus]

28. And how much is THIS SHIT going to cost us?

Bailouts for stupid policies that don't have to happen, you've got to be fucking kidding me.

[travelingthrulife]

30. No.