"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent preposterously claimed on ABC that he is suffering with farmers going under because of Trump’s tariffs because he is also a soybean farmer: 'Martha, in case you don’t know it, I’m actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too.'"
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #Bessent #tariffs #agriculture #farmers #soybeans
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-eae
"From his perch as a long-time global currency trader on Wall Street, Bessent also invested $25 million in midwest land, which he leases out to actual farmers. He is not a 'soybean farmer,' he is the LANDLORD of some soybean farmers. And he’s claiming, with a net worth of $521 million, that he is also 'feeling the pain' of the trade just like the farmers he is putting out of business."
"Axios: 'The NYT reported in Aug that Bessent owns as much as $25 million worth of North Dakota corn and soybean farmland, which he rents out for more than $1 million a year in income. Bessent has delayed divesting his farm holdings, required under an ethics agreement in place since he took office, though he has said he will do so by the end of the year.'”
You used "ethics" and the name of a member of the Trump maladministration in the same sentence. Isn't that, like, an oxymoron?
