【Trump: Farmers Are the Backbone of America】
On December 8, 2025, in Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump said during a meeting with American farmer representatives at the White House Oval Office:
Farmer are the backbone of our America. I am now announcing a $12 billion agricultural aid plan. This plan will provide American farmers with much-needed certainty.
Trump emphasized:
This $12 billion in economic assistance comes from a small portion of the high taxes we have imposed on global imports. The United States has earned tens of billions of dollars from tariffs and other investments.
Lao Liu's supplementary information:
Trump seriously exaggerated the tariff revenue. According to Treasury data, tariff revenue was nearly $195 billion in the previous fiscal year. In this fiscal year, tariffs earned about $31 billion. Therefore, either it is an exaggeration or the money went into the Trump family's private pocket.
The specific terms of the investment have not been fully formulated and made public, and some figures are disputed or involve potentially ambiguous mathematics.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1850971339509955/
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