Trump vows to 'protect our farmers' amid Chinese tariff row

President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to "protect our farmers" amid the ongoing trade dispute with China, reminding them of his past subsidies to American farmers during the trade dispute from his first term.

"Our farmers are GREAT, but because of their GREATNESS, they are always put on the Front Line with our adversaries, such as China, whenever there is a Trade negotiation or, in this case, a Trade War," Trump posted on Truth Social. "The same thing happened in my First Term. China was brutal to our Farmers, I these Patriots to just hold on, and a great trade deal was made."

"I rewarded our farmers with a payment of $28 Billion Dollars, all through the China deal. It was a great transaction for the USA, until Crooked Joe Biden came in and didn’t enforce it," he went on. "China largely reneged on the deal (although they behaved during the Trump Administration), only buying a portion of what they agreed to buy. They had ZERO respect for the Crooked Biden Administration, and who can blame them for that? Interestingly, they just reneged on the big Boeing deal, saying that they will 'not take possession' of fully committed to aircraft. The USA will PROTECT OUR FARMERS!!!"

Trump made the post in the wake of his "Liberation Day" tariffs that saw him impose sweeping reciprocal duties on imported goods from nearly every nation. Markets plummeted after the announcement and the administration later backed off of some of the highest tariff rates, implementing a 90-day pause to allow for negotiations.