The $12 billion farm bailout.
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, the Trump administration announced a $12 billion bailout for farmers in response to “temporary trade market disruptions and increased production costs.” Most of the money — $11 billion — will be distributed as one-time payments through the Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program, which supports row-crop farmers producing goods like corn, soybeans, oats, and cotton. The remaining funds will be used to support farmers producing crops not covered by the FBA. The aid comes as U.S. farmers report persistent challenges caused by trade disruptions linked to President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda.
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| 0:00.0 | from executive producer isaac saul this is tangle good morning good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of our take. |
| 0:30.1 | Our take today is delivered by me, your host for the day, Ari Weitzman, managing editor. |
| 0:35.8 | And today we're talking about the farm bailout bill that Donald Trump |
| 0:39.6 | just gave to U.S. farmers. Before we get started with that, I want to tell you about what tomorrow's |
| 0:45.3 | Friday edition will be, which is going to be another piece from our executive editor, Isaac Saul, |
| 0:49.8 | that's addressing the explosion of anti-Semitism and conspiratorial thinking about Jews that we've |
| 0:55.0 | seen over the last few years. Speaking from personal experiences is not mine and with historical |
| 1:00.4 | context, Isaac is going to both offer advice about how to address these growing beliefs and he'll |
| 1:06.5 | address some of them head on himself. It's going to be a really compelling addition, and I encourage |
| 1:10.8 | you to tune in for it. All right, that brings us to today's topic and our quick hits, which I'll send |
| 1:16.6 | over to John, and then I'll be back in your ear for my take. |
| 1:32.5 | Thanks, Ari, and welcome, everybody. Here are your quick hits for today. First up, the Federal Reserve's policymakers voted to lower the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, the third |
| 1:37.7 | rate cut of 2025. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said inflation remains persistent, as the central |
| 1:43.3 | bank also contends with a |
| 1:44.6 | weakening labor market. Number two, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a notice in the |
| 1:50.1 | federal register of a proposed rule for foreign tourists from 42 countries, requiring them to |
| 1:55.3 | provide their social media histories from the last five years to enter the United States. |
| 2:00.1 | A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman said the proposal is not final. |
| 2:03.6 | Number three, President Donald Trump said the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. |
| 2:08.6 | Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the tanker is part of an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations. |
| 2:16.6 | Number four, the House of Representatives voted 312 to 112 to pass the National Defense |
| 2:22.8 | Authorization Act, which authorizes $901 billion in Pentagon spending for the year. |
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