• Trump Says Tariff Revenue Will Fund Relief for US Farmers

President Donald Trump said his administration will use funds collected from tariffs to assist beleaguered US farmers, previewing an impending bailout for an agriculture sector hit hard by his trade policies.

“We’re going to take some of that tariff money that we’ve made, we’re going to give it to our farmers, who are — for a little while — going to be hurt until it kicks in, the tariffs kick in to their benefit,” Trump said Thursday at the White House.

American farming communities, which largely voted for Trump in 2024, have experienced economic pain during his second term, as export markets for crops have dried up in the wake of the president’s trade wars and federal safety-net programs have shrunk. That has created a potential political vulnerability for the president’s fellow Republicans heading into next year’s midterm elections.