For months, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has been one of the Trump administration's loudest cheerleaders for tariffs.

That has always been a bit surprising, since the tariffs imposed during President Donald Trump's first term were anything but good news for farmers. When China reduced its purchases of American agricultural output (soybeans in particular), American farmers were suddenly left with crops they couldn't sell. In an attempt to smooth things over, the Trump administration authorized a $28 billion bailout in 2018.

Despite that recent history, Rollins has spent months insisting that this time it will be different.

In an interview with Fox News in April, just a week after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement, Rollins praised the president as the "ultimate dealmake

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