President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place, forced to balance the government shutdown -linked delay of promised emergency aid for American farmers with continued efforts to prop up a political ally in Latin America.

The Trump administration had repeatedly promised to stand up a bailout of American farmers, who have been hit particularly hard by the president’s tariff war. Trump and his top aides hinted late last month at plans to direct a portion of tariff revenue back into a new emergency fund for farmers themselves, prompted by China’s decision to cancel all purchases of American soybeans.

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