President Donald Trump announced today that his administration will go forward with a $12 billion relief initiative for struggling farmers nationwide, many of whom are suffering under Trump’s second-term trade war.

On Monday, Trump said that the funds for the deal would come from “a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs.” The money will not actually come from tariffs, as Trump claims, but from a separate fund within the United States Department of Agriculture.

“This money would not be possible without tariffs … because of tariffs, this is possible,” Trump said.

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During the meeting, Trump blamed his farm woes on the Biden administration and touted his own accomplishments in the agriculture industry, including lowering beef prices, which have a

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