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October 30, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Brags About New Deal With China. Did He Actually Get Anything?
Donald Trump admitted he hadn’t asked all that much of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
October 16, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Is Running Out of Time to Save Farmers From His Tariffs
Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting both supply and demand in the American agriculture industry.
October 14, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Flails When Asked How Argentina Bailout Helps the U.S.
Donald Trump had no explanation for how the bailout was “America first.”
October 10, 2025
Jan Dutkiewicz
Trump’s Tariffs Should Force a Reckoning With America’s Soy Industry
The industry became the world’s second-largest not because of human demand for soy, but to feed China’s pigs.
October 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“Band-Aid”: Soybean Farmers Warn Trump Has Screwed Them Beyond Saving
Donald Trump’s bailout for farmers won’t be enough.
October 2, 2025
Robert McCoy
Scott Bessent Embarrassed on Air as He Tries to Deflect Farmer Crisis
A CNBC host told the treasury secretary his explanation was just “malarkey.”

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