Trump Blames Mexico for Farmer Struggles Hours After Giving Farmers $12B to Fix Problems He Caused

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bold move to stabilize America’s agricultural sector for at least one quarter, President Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion bailout for farmers hammered by his own trade war—then immediately blamed Mexico for why farmers are struggling.

The announcement came during a White House roundtable where farmers politely thanked Trump for rescuing them from conditions he personally engineered. After delivering the aid, Trump pivoted into accusing Mexico of sabotaging U.S. agriculture by not releasing enough water under a 1944 treaty, insisting the real villain in the farm crisis was “definitely not tariffs, it’s Mexico breaking the water deal, everyone knows it.”

Hours later, the president threatened a 5% tariff on Mexico unless it released 200,000 acre-feet of water “IMMEDIATELY,” a demand experts say will do absolutely nothing to solve the tariff-induced export collapse that necessitated the $12 billion bailout in the first place.

Administration officials praised the one-two punch as “classic Trump economics,” where the government first detonates a market, then spends billions repairing it, then blames a neighboring country for the fallout.

Farm policy analysts said they haven’t seen this level of circular logic since the first Trump trade war, which also required massive farm bailouts. One described the cycle as “agricultural socialism, but with extra steps, flags, and yelling.”