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IronLionZion

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10. India buys a lot of food from the US
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:59 PM
Dec 9

We want them to keep buying grains, lentils, beans, nuts, etc. from our farmers, right?

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India not offering him a big enough bribe? Irish_Dem Dec 9 #1
Asian and Indian rice tastes so much better than American rice kimbutgar Dec 9 #2
Screw you, Trump. Indian rice has far less arsenic than US rice--even Californian... hlthe2b Dec 9 #3
I bought two 20-lb. bags of Royal basmati rice the last timre I was at Walmart. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 #4
But first let's all read in the Constitution.. Permanut Dec 9 #5
Possibly Trump has no idea where rice comes from or how it is grown. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #6
Link to stats ........ twodogsbarking Dec 9 #7
so Trump wants higher tariffs on the most basic staple food item? DBoon Dec 9 #8
Fine with me. tavernier Dec 9 #15
Appeasing the rice producing states of which the top five of six are red. Hmmm. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #9
India buys a lot of food from the US IronLionZion Dec 9 #10
That should help food prices angryxyouth Dec 9 #11
We're not even a top 10 rice producer so I'm not sure what the problem is to be honest with having cheap rice. cstanleytech Dec 9 #12
He is clueless and his mind is so shot he works from the last input into his brain. Botany Dec 9 #14
God forbid we get cheap rice in the US! NickB79 Dec 9 #13
Rice??? Smackdown2019 Dec 9 #16
Does this mean that India has been driving the price of rice down in the U.S. ?? Jack Valentino Dec 9 #17
Better strategy -- provoke them into dumping some somosas next. With a selection of chutneys. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 9 #18
"Who should I put a tariff on next?" sakabatou Dec 9 #19
I only buy Indian or Mexican rice. Figarosmom Dec 10 #20
You could try Thai Jasmine rice too BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #22
PBS's show 'America's Test Kitchen' agrees with me-- A Badger Dec 10 #21
But, not a word to any of the importers who are making loads from their imports. OldBaldy1701E Dec 10 #23
No, Americans need to eat more rice. When I was a child, we had rice very often for lunch. raccoon Dec 10 #24
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