“We’re going to take some of that tariff money and give it to our farmers,” Trump said at the White House.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the administration is weighing an aid program, opens new tab modeled after the approach taken by the previous Trump administration, when farmers were given billions to offset losses from a trade war with China.
Farmers are “for a little while going to be hurt, until it kicks in, the tariffs kick in to their benefit,” Trump said. “Ultimately, the farmers are going to be making a fortune,” he added.
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