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"Most importantly, this will harm our ranching families who feed the nation," said Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy.

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-- Billings Gazette (@billingsgazette.com) 6:45 PM · Aug 24, 2026

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I am not at all surprised at this ~uprising~ against Pres trump by the representatives of the beef-producing states.

But what has really surprised my about Pres Trump's announcement was his implicit admission that Americans pay his tariffs. So contrary to the lies he has uttered in the past.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-21 11:24 PM | Reply

Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene:

"Here is the paid slop about how the Trumpf junta is making it even harder for American beef ranchers and producers. Now they will be undercut by foreign imported beef, as they have been hit financially with high cost of fertilizer and diesel from Trumpf's war with Iran. The Trumpf junta's attempt to lower the cost of beef is American beef LAST and foreign beef FIRST."

~snip~

American ranchers and farmers are already heavily subsidized by taxpayers:

1) "Public Land Grazing: One of the most prominent indirect subsidies is the use of federal lands for forage. Grazing permits are often priced significantly below open market rates, a benefit that investigations suggest primarily favors billionaire ranchers and large corporations.

2) USDA Spending: Some reports indicate the USDA has spent at least $72 billion in subsidies for livestock and seafood producers over recent decades.

3) Targeted Programs: The USDA currently operates programs like the Strengthening Processing for US Ranchers (SPUR) Program to support small- and mid-size beef processors and strengthen the supply chain.

Put another way: Blue State voters are subsidizing Red State ranchers.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-08-22 09:41 AM | Reply

I don't mind if we subsidize farmers, particularly if they are producing something we eat.

Food security is matter of national security, for many reasons.

What gets me is how these fuggin farmers take in more money from subsidies than every single mother on WIC in the country (true story) and act like some kind of champions of capitalism when they're all a bunch of socialist welfare queens.

Plus all the pollution from over-fertilization, letting their cows stomp all over riparian areas and -------- in the streams, etc. But that's for a different thread.

#3 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-08-22 11:35 AM | Reply

They've had a pretty good year, thus far. Pucker up buttercup!

#4 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-08-23 03:54 AM | Reply

Republicans have always been revolting, now they're rebelling!

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2026-08-23 06:21 AM | Reply

Flooding the market with Argentinian poison beef is just what people voted for.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-08-25 07:51 AM | Reply

listen real close and you can hear who's ox is being gored.

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-08-25 11:21 AM | Reply

Flooding the market with Argentinian poison beef is just what people voted for.

#6 | POSTED BY NIXON

In October 2025, Trump told a reporter aboard Air Force One that his administration was considering purchasing "beef from Argentina" in an effort to bring "beef prices down," using language notably similar to his justification for the mysterious 300,000-metric-ton beef shipment. The potential revelation disturbed onlookers given Argentina's recent history of shipping potentially health-hazardous beef.

In March, China suspended a shipment of beef from Argentina after detecting the presence of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic that carries rare but documented risks of fatal side effects. Trump has already signed an executive order authorizing the importation of 80,000 metric tons of ground beef from Argentina back in February, and coupled with Congress having repealed mandatory country-of-origin labeling for beef in 2015, countless critics expressed concern.


www.rawstory.com

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-25 12:07 PM | Reply

30,000 lbs of Argentinian Beef Recalled

www.westernagreporter.com

Bon Appetit, MAGAts.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-08-25 12:29 PM | Reply

He never stops screwing around with anything until he totally destroys it.

#10 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-08-25 02:38 PM | Reply

They'll still vote for the traitor pedo

#11 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-08-25 07:20 PM | Reply


He never stops screwing around with anything until he totally destroys it.
#10 | POSTED BY YODAGIRL

True, but I haven't known the US government and its people to not screw around with things until its destroyed.

Everything is an issue, everyone is a victim ... yada yada yada.

I think its due to people aren't really working. Underemployed is a thing.

#12 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-08-25 07:37 PM | Reply

I don't mind if we subsidize farmers, particularly if they are producing something we eat.

I do if we don't have the ability to process the produce, and thats all this is, just need more processing.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-08-25 07:38 PM | Reply

@#10 ... He never stops screwing around with anything until he totally destroys it. ...

OK, that is one of the best short, yet cogent, descriptions I have seen of Pres Trump in a long time.

I noticed that aspect about him, being in the NYC media area, since the late 80's and 90's.

How many bankruptcies did he reign over? My count is six.

Bankrupt casinos in Atlantic City. imo, you have to work to make that happen.

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-25 07:51 PM | Reply

@#14

Found this ...

What led to the financial decline and bankruptcy of Trump's Atlantic City casinos? (2025)
factually.co

... Executive summary

Donald Trump's Atlantic City casino operations filed for Chapter 11 multiple times and ultimately collapsed under heavy debt, repeated restructurings, declining profits versus competitors, and changing market conditions in Atlantic City (bankruptcies in 1991, 2004, 2009 and 2014 are noted across sources) [1] [2]. Academic analysis and reporting attribute the failures to high leverage from expansive projects (notably the $1 billion Taj Mahal), operating losses larger than peers, and multiple creditor-driven restructurings that stripped equity and control from Trump and his companies [3] [4] [1]. ...



Sounds familiar of late ...

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-25 07:54 PM | Reply

Going back to the thread topic, I find this ...

Trump's beef import plan fuels online theories about horse meat
www.newsnationnow.com

... Two recent reports -- one regarding President Donald Trump's plan to import beef to reduce skyrocketing prices and another exposing the federal government's role in allowing wild horses to be sold for slaughter -- are fueling internet theories that horse meat is being sold to the United States for consumption. ...

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-25 07:57 PM | Reply

Trump's ICE has decimated meat processing plants. Companies like Tyson have actually closed processing plants, further raising prices.

What gets me is how these fuggin farmers take in more money from subsidies than every single mother on WIC in the country (true story) and act like some kind of champions of capitalism when they're all a bunch of socialist welfare queens..

Right?!

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-08-26 12:56 PM | Reply

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