{"id":135694,"date":"2025-12-21T11:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/?p=135694"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:16:43","slug":"how-trumps-big-ag-bailout-is-alienating-his-maha-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/how-trumps-big-ag-bailout-is-alienating-his-maha-base\/","title":{"rendered":"How Trump&#8217;s Big Ag bailout is alienating his MAHA base"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header post-header--conveyor\">\n<div class=\"post-header__text\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div>\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">At a White House roundtable last Monday, president Donald Trump, alongside Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and a handful of other leaders in the government, announced a $12 billion farm aid program intended to offset the economic blowback that U.S. farmers have faced this year as a result of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/food-and-agriculture\/what-trumps-escalating-trade-wars-mean-for-your-grocery-bill\/\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/food-and-agriculture\/what-trumps-escalating-trade-wars-mean-for-your-grocery-bill\/\">president\u2019s volatile trade policies<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">But there\u2019s a catch: only major commodity farming operations \u2014 such as those that grow corn, cotton, peanuts, rice, wheat, and soybeans \u2014 will be eligible for more than 92 percent of the money, which is scheduled to begin flowing in February.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/food-and-agriculture\/how-trumps-big-ag-bailout-is-alienating-his-maha-base\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#68cf8a;border-color:#54a66f;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#96deae;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-sign-out\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i>  <small style=\"padding-bottom:8px;color:#FFFFFF\">Click here for full article at Grist<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a White House roundtable last Monday, president Donald Trump, alongside Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and a handful of other leaders in the government, announced a $12 billion farm aid &hellip; 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