President Trump

[PawDawg]

Voters appreciate his candor. His haters think his anti-establishment candor is unpresidential and shows what a baffoon he is. Meanwhile his poll numbers are going through the roof. Only his hater numbers are going down thanks to blacks and hispanics realizing they have been getting screwed for 50plus years by the left.

Every time I hear one of my fellow conservatives cringe about his tweets or one of his "non-elite" mannerisms I laugh. We'll never again have a non-political person as the POTUS. We should just enjoy and watch the establishment heads explode.

[johnnylightnin]

Trump has now handed out more cash in farming subsidies than Obama gave the auto industry. Sorry if this should’ve been posted in the socialism thread.

[DawgyNWindow]

Trump has now handed out more cash in farming subsidies than Obama gave the auto industry. Sorry if this should’ve been posted in the socialism thread.

I am OK with that. It was caused by a policy that they could not foresee and plan around (retaliatory tariffs).

I am also pleased we are pushing back on China, and if I had my way I would cease negotiating with them entirely. I hate it that we have so much of our supply chain running through a dictator-led communist country that is hell bent on destroying us.

All these global warming types should be in favor of this as well. It is the height of hypocrisy to cry about open trade with China (which it wasn't) and be in favor of moving our industrial supply chain there when they do not have the same environmental restrictions as we do here. This is not a concern of mine, but it shows me how much those folks that say they believe in this "science" really believe in it.

[dawg80]

Just a point of interest, I guess....the exotic dancer Stormy Daniels is bringing her show to The Hustler Club in Shreveport, March 27 & 28...two shows nightly! Get out there and voice your support, for whomever that may be.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Trump has now handed out more cash in farming subsidies than Obama gave the auto industry. Sorry if this should’ve been posted in the socialism thread.

I love our American farmers receiving subsidies as they do their part in the tariff and “trade wars“ vs. the car companies at the mercy of all the various car unions.

[dawg80]

I love our American farmers receiving subsidies as they do their part in the tariff and “trade wars“ vs. the car companies at the mercy of all the various car unions.

The Fed Gov has always subsidized farmers, to a varying degree, since forever! In this case China was gonna try to leverage wrecking our Ag industry against the tariffs they have to pay, only President Trump out-maneuvered 'em.

Now johnnylightin expresses his disdain for America's farmers, those hard working folks who feed the world. Shame on you johnny. Tell ya what, since you despise them so much you had better start growing your own food.

[johnnylightnin]

Now johnnylightin expresses his disdain for America's farmers, those hard working folks who feed the world. Shame on you johnny. Tell ya what, since you despise them so much you had better start growing your own food.

Where did I do that?

I posted a fact. When the auto bailout happened, cries of socialism came up around here. Now that it’s an R that’s redistributing the wealth, crickets!

My post was less about farmers than it was about hypocrites.

[dawg80]

I didn't support the auto bailout. As I recall that was obummer who did that. But, I do support HELPING farmers out...not providing a living for them or making up for mistakes they might make, but HELPING them remain in business. They feed the world. Now, as I mentioned, China tried to leverage threats against our Ag industry to have a bargaining chip in the negotiations over "fair trade." Trump anticipated what they would do and beat them to the punch. Once again Trump shows why he is the right guy for the job and one of the best POTUS in our entire history.

BTW, when I worked for IP, we wanted to make sure we had enough loggers available during times when our mills might be low on inventory. So, we subsidized some of the smaller loggers to assure they would remain in business. Hand outs? Yeah, but not for their sake, but for ours. It was good business to assure we had a sufficient army of loggers when we NEEDED them. Donald Trump is a businessman...you lefties should just STFU and leave managing the country to the adults.

[JuBru]

https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm...ies-rise-again

[dawg80]

https://www.fb.org/market-intel/farm...ies-rise-again

Yep, it's a tough business. All the more reason to have a plan that HELPS farmers as best we can. Again, NOT to make up for bad management decisions made by individual farmers, but rather to assure the US maintains a viable Ag industry. Who benefits from a complete collapse of farming in the US? Not you and I....

[PawDawg]

Trump has now handed out more cash in farming subsidies than Obama gave the auto industry. Sorry if this should’ve been posted in the socialism thread.

Not true

[JuBru]

Not true

You're both right, from a certain point of view.

Auto Bailout
$79.7 billion handed out
$70.4 billion recovered
$12.2 billion lifetime costs

Chart on page 4
https://home.treasury.gov/system/fil...FY-2019-CJ.pdf


Farm Subsidies under Trump
2017 Farm Subsidies - $11.5 billion
2018 Farm Subsidies - $13.6 billion
2019 Farm Subsidies - $23.6 billion
2020 Farm Subsidies - $14.9 billion*
Total - $63.6 billion*

*As of February 5, 2020

https://data.ers.usda.gov/reports.aspx?ID=17833

[johnnylightnin]

40% of farm revenue this year will not come from farming.

[PawDawg]

40% of farm revenue this year will not come from farming.

not true

[johnnylightnin]

not true

That was the 2019 number. You won’t believe it because Trump didn’t say it, but I can’t help you with that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...rump-trade-war