To the editor : So, President Trump imposes tariffs on other countries, stifling international commerce and leaving American farmers unable to sell their crops as they used to ( “Trump is proposing a $12-billion aid package for farmers hit by his trade war with China,” Dec. 8).

Now, the president is going to bail out farmers with a $12-billion aid package to solve the problem that he created? Wouldn’t it have made more economic sense not to impose the tariffs to begin with?

President Reagan was right; “High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars” that ultimately “hurt every American worker and consumer.”

Will Trump now demand a peace prize from the farmers of America for rescuing them ... from himself?

Joe Garcia, Yorb

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