Trump Floats More Aid to Farmers If Overseas Purchases Lag
(Bloomberg) --
President Donald Trump raised the possibility of delivering more aid to American farmers as promised purchases from trade deals with China and other countries have yet to materialize.
The administration has already allocated billion over the last two years to help make up for farm losses from Trump’s trade war with China.
In an all caps tweet on Friday, Trump said that “IF OUR FORMALLY TARGETED FARMERS NEED ADDITIONAL AID UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE TRADE DEALS WITH CHINA, MEXICO, CANADA AND OTHERS FULLY KICK IN, PAID FOR OUT OF THE MASSIVE TARIFF MONEY COMING INTO THE USA!”
Only a day earlier, ...