Democrats fight to save ACA subsidies as Trump lies about healthcare and immigrants. His tariffs hurt farmers and working families, while corporate elites reap the benefits. Learn the truth.
Trump’s Tariffs Bankrupt Farmers.
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Summary
Donald Trump misled the public about a potential government shutdown by falsely claiming Democrats want to give free healthcare to immigrants. In reality, Democrats seek to restore Affordable Care Act subsidies to prevent millions of Americans from facing skyrocketing insurance costs. Trump also touted tariffs as a success, but the reality is far different: these tariffs hurt small farmers and working-class Americans while enriching corporate agribusinesses. His policies are deliberately restructuring the economy to benefit the wealthy at the expense of everyday people.
- Democrats are fighting to reinstate ACA subsidies to prevent healthcare costs from doubling.
- Trump falsely blames Democrats for the shutdown, claiming they want to fund healthcare for immigrants.
- Tariffs are being misrepresented as foreign payments; in truth, they are taxes paid by Americans.
- Farmers are suffering as China shifts soybean imports to Brazil, causing long-term losses for U.S. agriculture.
- Trump’s policies aim to consolidate wealth for corporate elites while weakening the working class.
Trump’s lies about healthcare and tariffs are part of a calculated plan to harm working Americans while enriching corporations. This is not incompetence but a deliberate strategy to dismantle small farms, undermine healthcare, and create economic desperation that benefits the powerful. Progressive leaders must expose this scheme and fight for policies that protect both rural and urban communities, ensuring healthcare and economic stability for all.
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Donald Trump’s latest performance before the cameras once again revealed the cynical manipulation at the heart of his presidency. While entertaining Turkish President Erdogan, Trump faced questions about the looming government shutdown. Rather than addressing the real issue — the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies — Trump chose to spread a blatant falsehood: that Democrats want to give “free healthcare” to immigrants. This is a calculated lie designed to divide Americans and distract from the GOP’s responsibility for rising healthcare costs.
The truth is clear. Democrats are fighting to reinstate ACA subsidies that help millions of working families afford their insurance. Without these subsidies, healthcare premiums are expected to more than double for countless Americans, from urban centers to rural towns and Appalachian communities. Republicans, meanwhile, deliberately left these subsidies out of their so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” exposing their disregard for the working class they claim to champion. Their refusal to act means a government shutdown will occur because they have chosen corporate interests over the health and well-being of the American people.
Trump’s deception does not end there. He bragged about tariffs supposedly bringing in “extra money” to the U.S. treasury, which he claims will be redistributed to struggling farmers. This framing is deeply misleading. Foreign governments or corporations do not pay tariffs — they are taxes paid by American consumers. Every time someone shops at Walmart, Target, or any retailer selling imported goods, they are paying higher prices to fund these tariffs. Trump’s so-called solution takes money out of the pockets of working Americans and funnels it to farmers as a temporary welfare program, disguising a deeper agenda.
The crisis facing farmers, particularly soybean producers, illustrates the failure of Trump’s economic strategy. After Trump’s trade war with China, Beijing permanently shifted soybean imports to Brazil. These new trade relationships will not simply disappear, meaning U.S. farmers have lost a critical market forever.
Sonny Perdue, who served as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture, in 2019, made a widely criticized statement indicating that it would be difficult for small farms to survive, and that the agricultural industry was trending toward a “factory farm model.” Trump’s tariffs are paving the way for corporate agribusiness to acquire land at a much faster rate. This is not a mistake or an unfortunate side effect; it is a deliberate consolidation of wealth and power. Farmers who voted for Trump were unknowingly voting for their own economic destruction.
The broader economic consequences are devastating. By raising prices through tariffs, Trump is effectively engineering a slow-moving depression. As the economy contracts, wages stagnate, jobs disappear, and desperation rises. In such an environment, corporate giants can scoop up assets — from farmland to small businesses — at rock-bottom prices. This cycle of boom, bust, and consolidation has long been the hallmark of predatory capitalism. Trump is simply accelerating it, all while claiming to fight for the “common man.”
Progressives must call this out for what it is: an intentional scam. Trump’s lies about immigrants, his false promises to farmers, and his manipulation of tariffs are all part of a broader project to dismantle democracy and empower a wealthy elite. Project 2025, the blueprint for his authoritarian vision, explicitly outlines this goal. The fight ahead is not just about removing Trump from office but about uprooting the network of enablers who have allowed this economic sabotage to continue.
Ultimately, the choice is stark. Either Americans come together to demand healthcare, fair wages, and economic justice for all — or they allow Trump and his allies to pit rural against urban, farmer against worker, in a race to the bottom. The path to true prosperity lies in solidarity, not division, and in policies that lift every community rather than enriching the few.
