senators john thune, bob corker, jeff flake, they say farmers need trade deals, not welfare. this $12 billion announced today suggests that this is going to be a longer-term problem than the president said. you know, this trade wars are easy to win, you know, not so much. the aid starts in september, just in time for elections. but the wall street journal editorial board says that the president fixing a problem of his own making won t fool voters. trump may think his farm tariff bailout will get republicans past the november election, but sooner or later, bad economic policy becomes bad politics. a band-aid on a broken leg. wow. okay, president trump drawing comparisons to george orwell after turning his appearance at a vfw convention in kansas city into a campaign rally. the president used the event to defend his tariffs on u.s. trading partners, telling his supporters, we don t apologize
senator ben sasse even more critical, calling the aid gold crutches, and said that tariffs and bailouts is going to make america 1929 again. they aren t alone. gop lawmakers with few exceptions expressed concern about the plan. senators john thune, bob corker, jeff flake, they say farmers need trade deals, not welfare. this $12 billion announced today suggests that this is going to be a longer-term problem than the president said, you know. trade wars are easy to win, not so much. an admission that the president s trade policies will hurt american farmers. the aid to farmers kicks in in september. many notice that s just in time for elections. but the wall street journal editorial board says that fixing a problem of his own making won t fool voters. trump may think that his farm tariff bailout will get republicans past the november election, but sooner or later, bad economic policy becomes bad politics.