WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday announced that his administration would spend $12 billion to bail out U.S. farmers who have suffered the fallout from tariffs, including wheat growers in the Northwest.

In remarks during a roundtable discussion with farmers and administration officials at the White House, the president blamed his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, for mismanaging the inflation that has raised the cost of essential equipment and supplies. Trump’s signature economic policy, taxing imports from other countries, has further increased those input costs and prompted the United States’ trading partners to increase their own import duties in retaliation.

“We’re once again in a position where a president is able to put farmers first,” Trump said, reading from prepared

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