From Tariffs to Handouts

From Tariffs to Handouts: Saving Soybeans with a Side of Socialism.

Remember when Trump’s tariffs were gonna "Make America Great Again"? Well, here’s the plot twist: the same administration that slapped tariffs on soybeans now has to subsidize those very farmers to keep them afloat. That’s right—America First, unless it means bailing out American farmers, in which case, hello, government handouts.

So, how big will this bailout be? Half a billion? A billion? It’s like watching an old-school bait-and-switch. First, the government punishes farmers with tariffs, then swoops in with taxpayer cash to fix the mess they created. If this isn’t the perfect example of hypocrisy, I don’t know what is.

Here’s the kicker: Trump’s team spent years railing against “big government” and “socialism,” only to turn around and create a new kind of socialism—one where the government intervenes to save the very people harmed by their own policies. It’s almost poetic how they went from “free-market capitalism” to full-on welfare for the well-connected.