Trump Seeks $15B For Farmers Hurt By His Tariffs

The Huffington Post reports:

President Donald Trump is seeking an additional $15 billion in U.S. subsidies in an effort to protect farmers from the devastating impact of his trade war with China. That’s on top of $12 billion already earmarked for the farmers to help them weather the fallout.

That would be an additional bill for U.S. taxpayers already shouldering the cost of increased tariffs in the form of higher costs for products and parts from China.

The president appeared to dismiss the impact of the cost as he falsely claimed — again — that “massive” tariff payments are being paid by China “directly” to the U.S. Treasury, which would presumably be used to cover the cost of the subsidy.

Trump is seeking an additional $15 billion in U.S. subsidies in an effort to protect farmers from the impact of his trade war with China, HuffPost reports. That's on top of $12 billion already earmarked for farmers to help them weather the fallout. https://t.co/hEZ372laC1

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 13, 2019