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travelingthrulife

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24. Scott Bessent likely will make a ton of money with Trump's farmer bailout.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 08:42 PM

Sep 29

He rents acreage worth millions to soybean farmers.

They are all crooks. Maybe even the soybean farmers since they knew he would be doing this and they expected to get a huge bailout.

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Camerawoman Captures Scott Bessent's Texts, Exposing White House Panic [View all] erronis Sep 29 OP

Agriculture wars Tetrachloride Sep 29 #1

China playing the idiot MAGAs like fiddles Prairie Gates Sep 29 #2

They're playing TACO like fiddles too. MLWR Sep 29 #18

They will bankrupt our country vapor2 Sep 29 #3

Big corporations love when small family farms go bankrupt IronLionZion Sep 29 #12

That's what makes the overwhelming rural support for maga so astounding... Darkstar53142 Sep 29 #28

While Likely Correct... ProfessorGAC Sep 30 #35

Trump will fire "BR" BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 29 #4

Nah. Trump is loyal. 3Hotdogs Sep 29 #11

What do they expect? iemanja Sep 29 #5

Actually, isn't that like reading someone else's mail? JohnnyRingo Sep 29 #6

He's in a public place. He should've protected his screen. chia Sep 29 #7

I'm kind of scared to enlarge the screen to see what app they are using... Teacher of the Year Sep 29 #25

I suppose, but looking over someone's shoulder to read their phone.... JohnnyRingo Sep 30 #30

Good thing it wasn't a stranger. Torchlight Sep 30 #31

This is true, but not to put too fine a point on it.... JohnnyRingo Sep 30 #36

Communication between two government officials GopherGal Sep 30 #32

If you were reading a handwritten letter in a public place, you have no expectation of privacy. onenote Sep 29 #8

She's really up on the latest news BaronChocula Sep 29 #9

Isn't Javier Milei a big libertarian wielding the chainsaw to slash bureacracy? IronLionZion Sep 29 #10

Please note . . . Aussie105 Sep 29 #22

I don't know when soybeans are sold, but Argentina's season's are opposite to ours. mjvpi Sep 29 #13

Yes, I think all major shipments of soybeans are sold as dried; or as products erronis Sep 29 #14

Yes, picked dry and sold. progressoid Sep 29 #16

Just sounds like everyday trumponomics to me... ananda Sep 29 #15

"Scott, math is hard." BR rubbersole Sep 29 #17

From the file of... mercuryblues Sep 29 #19

Bailout time Hartpi978 Sep 29 #20

Stupid people playing stupid games with smart people. Aussie105 Sep 29 #21

But but but trump is a businessman! Ilsa Sep 29 #23

Scott Bessent likely will make a ton of money with Trump's farmer bailout. travelingthrulife Sep 29 #24

But aren't bailouts socialism? Aussie105 Sep 29 #27

Hasn't DOGE basically gone radio silent not fooled Sep 30 #29

Socialism for the peons means putting your wealth in the common pot erronis Sep 30 #34

When people vote for clueless numpties, this is inevitable. n/t TygrBright Sep 29 #26

How the F are these guys so careless with their phones. Bristlecone Sep 30 #33