Speaking of soybeans, King Don sent billions of dollars to bail out Argentina even after Argentina lowered its export tax to sell more soybeans to our primary trade rival China:
The anger of soybean farms had been simmering, but it exploded for some when the US government recently announced it would open up a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina, whose economy and currency are struggling, but whose leader is an ally of Trump.
…The frustration of farmers was evident in a text message Bessent received last month from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which was captured by an AP photographer.
“We bailed out Argentina yesterday and in return, the Argentine’s (sic) removed their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price to China at a time when we would normally be selling to China,” the message said.
Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa told reporters in his state Wednesday that the US and Trump should have used soybeans as leverage before offering Argentina the bailout.
“Argentina taking their export tax off of their export of soybeans … it seems to me that we should have been putting pressure on Argentina not to take the export tax off if they were going to get the help from us,” Grassley said, according to the Ottumwa Courier [Zachary B. Wolf, “What Does the Argentina Bailout Have to Do with Trump’s Likely US Farmer Bailout?” CNN, 2025.10.15].
The 20 shiploads of soybeans Argentina sold to China last month reduced our leverage in getting China to return to our soybean market, yet our administration rewarded Argentina with a bailout.
Boy, I sure miss the good old days, when America used foreign aid to strengthen our global leadership.
Sending soybeans contaminated with glyphosate to a fascist regime seems like strategic ambiguity, right?
Trump has rewarded the soybean bellyacres. They have to be grateful for having China buy half of what they would have before liberation day. They better keep that beef priced lower too. No free markets for you.