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Friday, October 03, 2025

A photographer's snapshot of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the United Nations General Assembly last week revealed a private message that captured the Trump administration's deepening concern over collapsing U.S. soybean exports to China"a crisis now entangled with a controversial economic bailout of Argentina. "Finally " just a heads up, I'm getting more intel, but this is highly unfortunate," read the message, which appeared to be sent from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. "We bailed out Argentina yesterday (Bessent) and in return, the Argentine's [sic] are removing their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price, and sold a bunch of soybeans to China, at a time when we would normally be selling to China. Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us."

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The proposal to provide Argentina billions in financial support has drawn scrutiny from farmers and their Congressional allies.

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-- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Oct 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. "We bailed out Argentina yesterday (Bessent) and in return, the Argentine's [sic] are removing their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price, and sold a bunch of soybeans to China, at a time when we would normally be selling to China. Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us."

The bankruptcy-prone orange nonce got steamrolled by Xi yet again.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-30 01:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It's as if these ------- idiots are ------- idiots.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-01 07:23 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Time for GOP Socialism for the Farmers!

#3 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-10-03 11:44 AM | Reply

"controversial economic bailout of Argentina"

America First!

Argentina is the 51st State!

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-03 11:53 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Congratulations, Pinheads...
-best wishes from the rest of the world.

#5 | Posted by Jaspar at 2025-10-03 11:56 AM | Reply

"controversial economic bailout of Argentina"

Is twenty-billion dollars.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-03 11:57 AM | Reply

Sooooooooo nooooowwwwww... Trumpanzee voters want us to bail them out? They weren't growing for the US market. They were growing crops to sell to China.

Perhaps they need to hire a PR firm... talk up tofu to the American consumer.

Yeah riiiiiiight... talk up tofu to the American consumer...

Let's see if you can do that without help from "librul" base.

REALEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

and you won't have to... bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

#7 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-10-03 12:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Why should Republicans care about these Soy-Boy Farmers who made Bad Crop Choices?

Maybe a Republican can explain why.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-03 12:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hard to be "in a bind" when you don't give a damn.

#9 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-10-03 01:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Hard to be "in a bind" when you don't give a damn.

#9 | POSTED BY ANGRYDAD AT 2025-10-03 01:12 PM

They sorta care, but only for political reasons. Farmers, who overwhelmingly supported Trump, are getting increasingly concerned about the administration.

#10 | Posted by cbob at 2025-10-03 04:40 PM | Reply

Farmers, who overwhelmingly supported Trump, are getting increasingly concerned about the administration.

If there was an election tomorrow they'd all vote for trump again.

They've been brainwashed by rightwing media that dominates rural America.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-03 04:46 PM | Reply

If there was an election tomorrow they'd all vote for trump again.
They've been brainwashed by rightwing media that dominates rural America.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-03 04:46 PM | Reply

This so much this. This is so true. I don't understand it.

#12 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-10-03 04:55 PM | Reply

It's the reason why conservatives don't want broadband in rural America, but demand cars continue carrying tuners for AM radio.

So they can control the narrative and keep conservatives under their influence.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-03 05:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#13: Hi Clownshack: In the Third Reich, the Nazis produced radios that only received their stations: assets.rbl.ms

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-03 05:21 PM | Reply

" controversial economic bailout of Argentina"

>America First!

Well, technically Argentina is in America ...

#15 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-10-03 07:54 PM | Reply

Booyaaa... own the libs own the libs

#16 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-10-04 12:22 AM | Reply

It's the reason why conservatives don't want broadband in rural America, but demand cars continue carrying tuners for AM radio.

So they can control the narrative and keep conservatives under their influence.

#13 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2025-10-03 05:00 PM

Interesting. Hadn't even thought of that, but it makes sense. There was actually a time when AM radio was not just right wing propaganda all day long.

#17 | Posted by cbob at 2025-10-04 07:56 AM | Reply

Odd.

No DR righties on here defending Trump...

Not even the distraction to post...

#18 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-10-04 08:43 PM | Reply

There's a TikTok or whatever where some soybenn farmer says he woke up to hearing Trump was sending $20B dollars to Argentina, his main global competition for soybean exports... and then China ordered $12 billion of soybeans from Argentina.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-04 08:48 PM | Reply

This is next level stupid.
It is stunning.

#20 | Posted by YAV at 2025-10-04 08:50 PM | Reply

@#20

Why might have soybean sales to China plummeted?

Maybe because now China seems to be buying soybeans from Argentina, a country the Trump admin has just bailed out. While our soybean farmers suffer.

... This is next level stupid.
It is stunning. ...

Yup.



#21 | Posted by lamplighter at 2025-10-04 08:59 PM | Reply

Leaked texts on Scott Bessent's phone suggest the White House got played bailing out Argentina -- and U.S. soybean farmers are the casualties
fortune.com

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-04 09:02 PM | Reply

Another view ...

OpEd: Dennis Jett: Why the White House bailed out Argentina, and subverted our farmers
www.post-gazette.com

... Things like large currency swaps are supposed to be handled by the Federal Reserve.

And stabilizing economies is the reason the International Monetary Fund was established after World War II. The thinking was that avoiding economic troubles would help prevent the political instability that made wars more likely. Argentina is already the country most in debt to the IMF, which approved $20 billion in aid in April of this year. Apparently, that was not enough.

Why did the Trump administration decide to take such extraordinary measures now? Like many things in Washington, their reason could be either political or personal profit, or both.

Not surprisingly the value of Argentine bonds rose significantly after Bessent's announcement. According to a story by Judd Legum on the Popular Information website, one person who is heavily invested in those bonds is Rob Citrone.

Citrone is a billionaire hedge fund manager who grew up in Pittsburgh and is part owner of the Steelers. He is also a close friend and former colleague of Bessent from the days when they both worked for George Soros, the billionaire supporter of leftist causes that the right loves to hate.

Legum's article also pointed out that just "days before Bessent's announcement Citrone purchased more Argentine bonds." ...

[emphasis mine]


#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-04 09:08 PM | Reply

Legum's article also pointed out that just "days before Bessent's announcement Citrone purchased more Argentine bonds." ...

Unless you're "in", you ain't shht.

#24 | Posted by YAV at 2025-10-04 10:04 PM | Reply

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