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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 2025

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 2025 OP

Agriculture wars Tetrachloride Sep 2025 #1

China playing the idiot MAGAs like fiddles Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #2

They're playing TACO like fiddles too. MLWR Sep 2025 #18

They will bankrupt our country vapor2 Sep 2025 #3

Big corporations love when small family farms go bankrupt IronLionZion Sep 2025 #12

That's what makes the overwhelming rural support for maga so astounding... Darkstar53142 Sep 2025 #28

While Likely Correct... ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #35

Trump will fire "BR" BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2025 #4

Nah. Trump is loyal. 3Hotdogs Sep 2025 #11

What do they expect? iemanja Sep 2025 #5

Actually, isn't that like reading someone else's mail? JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #6

He's in a public place. He should've protected his screen. chia Sep 2025 #7

I'm kind of scared to enlarge the screen to see what app they are using... Teacher of the Year Sep 2025 #25

I suppose, but looking over someone's shoulder to read their phone.... JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #30

Good thing it wasn't a stranger. Torchlight Sep 2025 #31

This is true, but not to put too fine a point on it.... JohnnyRingo Sep 2025 #36

Communication between two government officials GopherGal Sep 2025 #32

If you were reading a handwritten letter in a public place, you have no expectation of privacy. onenote Sep 2025 #8

She's really up on the latest news BaronChocula Sep 2025 #9

Isn't Javier Milei a big libertarian wielding the chainsaw to slash bureacracy? IronLionZion Sep 2025 #10

Please note . . . Aussie105 Sep 2025 #22

I don't know when soybeans are sold, but Argentina's season's are opposite to ours. mjvpi Sep 2025 #13

Yes, I think all major shipments of soybeans are sold as dried; or as products erronis Sep 2025 #14

Yes, picked dry and sold. progressoid Sep 2025 #16

Just sounds like everyday trumponomics to me... ananda Sep 2025 #15

"Scott, math is hard." BR rubbersole Sep 2025 #17

From the file of... mercuryblues Sep 2025 #19

Bailout time Hartpi978 Sep 2025 #20

Stupid people playing stupid games with smart people. Aussie105 Sep 2025 #21

But but but trump is a businessman! Ilsa Sep 2025 #23

Scott Bessent likely will make a ton of money with Trump's farmer bailout. travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #24

But aren't bailouts socialism? Aussie105 Sep 2025 #27

Hasn't DOGE basically gone radio silent not fooled Sep 2025 #29

Socialism for the peons means putting your wealth in the common pot erronis Sep 2025 #34

When people vote for clueless numpties, this is inevitable. n/t TygrBright Sep 2025 #26

How the F are these guys so careless with their phones. Bristlecone Sep 2025 #33