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JCMach1

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19. Hey, i am willing to patriotically double my beef consumption...

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #16)

Sat Apr 19, 2025, 02:35 PM

5 hrs ago

Like I said, tiny rays...

It has been a long couple of months.

I was literally sitting in a courthouse for a family member going through an asylum hearing when the news of the El Salvador flights was breaking (defying the judges order). I didn't know if i would see my family member step out of the court room.

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Trump Tariffs Hit US Beef Farmers as China is replacing their US beef imports with Australian beef [View all] OnDoutside 11 hrs ago OP

Nobody ever could have anticipated... yardwork 11 hrs ago #1

Art of The Deal! GusBob 11 hrs ago #2

Like the book itself, this deal has a ghost writer: Peter Navarro William Seger 7 hrs ago #13

How many bankruptcies has shithole had?................. Lovie777 11 hrs ago #3

I look for China to buy exclusively from airbus and other aircraft makers JohnSJ 11 hrs ago #4

+1. Boeing might ask for another taxpayer bailout dalton99a 10 hrs ago #6

Is there a year where they don't get a bailout? travelingthrulife 10 hrs ago #10

Probably everyone except El Salvador will maybe move to Airbus LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #11

I'm sure owners of big ranches voted for Trump Buckeyeblue 11 hrs ago #5

That'll be a bigger impact than Oprah swearing off hamburgers. no_hypocrisy 10 hrs ago #7

I remember the Senate hearing on Australia Raven123 10 hrs ago #8

American hubris is biting us D_Master81 10 hrs ago #9

But, that means hamburgers will get cheaper here when the ranchers have to unload all the beef. Right? LiberalArkie 9 hrs ago #12

Lol, probably, until they go bust. OnDoutside 5 hrs ago #17

Yeah for sure.. A rancher can only sell his beef for 50cents a pound for a small amount of time.. LiberalArkie 3 hrs ago #20

That's like Russia needing to sell oil for above $50 to keep their show on the road, and the great thing is, Trump OnDoutside 2 hrs ago #22

All the crap he has done makes me think he has a secret Democrat giving him advice that seems to destroy the LiberalArkie 1 hr ago #24

Bring on the lower beef prices maybe? JCMach1 6 hrs ago #14

Until they go bankrupt and supply drops Kaleva 6 hrs ago #16

Hey, i am willing to patriotically double my beef consumption... JCMach1 5 hrs ago #19

at the moment this affects the feeders and especially packers more than farmers and ranchers Kali 6 hrs ago #15

At potentially $2.5bn, somebody will feel the heat. OnDoutside 5 hrs ago #18

it is less than 15% of the approximately 10 to 13% of beef that is exported Kali 3 hrs ago #21

Sure but add the potential price drop on US beef generally, and every little helps. OnDoutside 2 hrs ago #23