Tuesday, April 8, 2025

On day 23,779 in office, dithering 91-year-old waterboy and Mickey Mouse senator Chuck Grassley takes baby steps to prostrate himself at Trump's feet

 
Censored political cartoon:  NPR  
Headline:  AgWeb, 4/7/2025

Matthew J. Grassi reports on how Chuckles got snookered again.
Over the weekend, senior Trump administration officials, including USDA chief Brooke Rollins, made the rounds on the Sunday morning political TV programs to try to assure corn and soybean farmers – who have suffered profit line hits from two years of inflated operating expenses and low commodity prices – that the President’s tariff strategy would eventually pencil out to long-term gains in domestic manufacturing and crop export markets. 
Then, on Monday morning, Trump posted on social media saying he will impose an additional 50% in tariffs (on top of the current 54% rate) on China by April 9 if the country did not back off the 34% retaliatory tariffs it enacted on American goods. Ag economists say the China tariffs will have a devastating impact on U.S. crop and meat exports, and many believe the tariffs have effectively handed Chinese feed and fiber demand to Brazil[emphasis added'

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