President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on April 15 to praise American farmers and bash China and former President Joe Biden. But farmers and other users on the popular r/Agriculture subreddit were left scratching their heads, asking: What was he actually trying to say?
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Trump’s Truth Social Rant
“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 wrote.
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He went on to claim that during his first term, China was “brutal” to U.S. farmers, but he told them to “just hold on” and rewarded them with $28 billion in “payments.” He added that the deal was successful until “Crooked Joe Biden came in and didn’t enforce it,” claiming China “largely reneged” on their commitments.
Trump then pivoted to a separate issue, stating that China had recently backed out of a Boeing aircraft deal. He concluded the post by promising: “The USA will PROTECT OUR FARMERS!!!”
Reddit Users: Confused and Unimpressed
The post quickly became a hot topic on the subreddit, where farmers and others in the ag community attempted to unpack the message.
The original poster asked, “Can anyone make sense of how this applies to farmers in the present?”
One top reply summed up the confusion: “You’re already putting more thought into it than he did.”
A recurring theme in the comments was that Trump appears to be laying the groundwork for another round of tariffs on China—and another round of bailouts for farmers who get caught in the crossfire.
“He’s gearing up for another farmer bailout, having yet again destroyed their export market and ability to actually harvest crops,” wrote one user.
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Another pointed out: “In his first term, his tariff war with China caused many farmers to lose money and go broke. Eventually, he had to give them money as a bailout.”
But critics say those bailouts were not funded by China, as Trump implies, but by American taxpayers.
“The money he gave to the farmers last time… oh, that was from the money Americans paid for the tariffs at that time,” one user said. “The farmers were just given the average person’s money.”
‘China Bad’ Isn’t a Policy
Many commenters noted that Trump's messaging seemed designed more for rallying support than explaining any actionable policy.
“It’s Donald Trump, it isn’t supposed to make sense, it’s just buzzword soup,” wrote one farmer. “He initiates policies that hurt farmers, then deflects to China.”
Another summarized the speech like this: “My tariffs are great. China, which buys a lot of what our farmers sell, is horrible when it retaliates. I will bail them out, I promise. In the meantime, the Biden administration sucks and how dare China not take possession of Boeing planes, which clearly have nothing to do with our farmers except that I just thought of it – farmers are great.”
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Farmers Still Feel the Fallout
Beyond the jokes and criticism, several farmers expressed real anxiety about the economic outlook if Trump's trade approach continues.
“Farmers in my area are terrified,” one user wrote. “They are losing their livelihoods.”
Others noted that Trump's trade war with China led to long-term damage in U.S. agriculture, especially the soybean and beef sectors, where China turned to Brazil and Australia instead. Those markets have not fully recovered. “Brazil picked up the orders and neither country looked back.”
So What Did Trump Mean?
Despite hundreds of comments and dozens of attempts to translate Trump's post into something actionable, the consensus on Reddit was simple: There's no apparent policy here, just political spin.
“It doesn’t even create anger or rage anymore,” one user said. “It’s just plainly boring.”
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