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Treasury Chief Bessent Says He's a 'Soybean Farmer' Who Has 'Felt the Pain' of Trump Tariffs (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 4 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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"Only a right-wing elitist would think that owning a bunch of farmland makes you a farmer," said one critic. "No, farming makes you a farmer, Scott. You’re an investor and landowner."

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

I genuinely thought this was going to be another case of "forgetting to log out of your fake / alternate social media account".