r/wallstreetbets • u/s1n0d3utscht3k • Mar 03 '25

News Trump Officially Signs 20% Tariffs on China

https://www.barrons.com/news/trump-signs-order-for-20-tariff-on-china-w-house-d6fec57f
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u/Master0643 Mar 03 '25

Orangutan has just told US farmers to "get ready to start marking a lot of agriculture products to be sold in the US". Get ready for 2nd bailout round , puts on farming industry

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u/PotatoJokes Mar 03 '25

Sell of all stocks now

Buy farmland as the industry starts to crash

Use no money to farm at all as it's becomes too expensive due to tariffs on fertilizer and machinery, and would be a waste

Receive massive bailouts inflating the value of farmland

Take bailout money and sell farmland at profit

Reinvest in stocks

Sounds like a gameplan, boys!

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u/QwertyPolka Mar 03 '25

I've never heard a potato joke before but that was pretty darn good

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u/_jump_yossarian Mar 03 '25

Major Major Major's dad was way ahead of his time. Nobody knew how to not plant crops like him.

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u/movineastwest Mar 04 '25

Made me think of The Grapes of Wrath, whether it's relevant or not.

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u/afour- Mar 04 '25

whether it’s relevant or no

What do you think

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u/area-dude Mar 04 '25

Just as adam smith wanted it. You know, to mitigate inefficiencies!

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u/iPigman Mar 04 '25

Wouldn't be the first time the Feds paid farmers not to farm.