Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and man who embraces traumatizing Federal Government workers, directed the US. Department of Agriculture to cancel all the grants. for the Food For Progress program.
The Food for Progress program sends U.S. commodities abroad for agricultural and economic development projects, providing an important foreign market for farmers and enhancing food security in poorer countries.
The next day a 30 foot tall banner of Donald Trump was hung at the USDA.
30 foot banner of Trump hung at USDA
on the day after Vought canceled all grants
in the Food For Progress food aid program
Last week i talked to someone who knew about this program, he told me how canceling all these grants was going to hurt American farmers. I had called him trying to quantify the economic hit to farmers in Nebraska following shutting down USAID.
When I heard about the canceling of all the grants. I started thinking about how the Republicans in Nebraska, like Rep Mike Flood, will spin the contract cancelations. He supported DOGE cutting USAID.
I wondered why the media hasn’t covered this yet. Why aren’t we hearing from the farmers about this? Why aren’t the two big wholesalers, Cargill and The Andersons talking about this? What do the experts, like Dalton Henry, the Vice President of Policy at U.S. Wheat Associates, have to say about this?
Today it became more clear to me, companies know the new model. “DON’T complain about what Trump does! He will attack you!” Look at what he did with Walmart!
Does Cargill have DEI policies? Do the Andersons sell to countries that Trump has tariffs on?
They are afraid to lose other contracts so they are working behind the scenes calling lobbyists to get the money turned back on. They are calling their lawyers to see if what just happened is legal. They are asking, “What do we need to do to get old contracts completed and WHAT do they have to do to conform to Vought & Trump’s new policies?”
We won’t see it, but I expect that some $Trump Coins will be purchased. (As an investment of course!)
Midwest farmers will be hurt. Trump Won’t Be Blamed. So Blame Vought.
I wish I had some farmers, like Kowalski in Nebraska , who could stand up at a Town Hall and say, “This is costing Nebraska farmers millions of dollars. It is hurting our markets AND our reputation. What are you going to do about it?”
Flood would attack Kowalski, “You aren’t even from my district!” Then he would go on Fox News and complain about outside agitators.
If you recall, Flood supported Musk and DOGE, he said it was necessary to cut “waste, fraud and abuse” as the ONLY way to deal with the deficit. He asked people in his district at the Town Hall, “What do you want us to do, tax the rich?”
To his surprise the audience started chanting “Tax the Rich! Tax the Rich!”
This would be a good time to make Vought the face of canceling the Food for Progress grants. He makes a good villain. Rep. Mike Flood would have to support Russ Vought, like he did Musk, who is now one of the most hated men in America.
I was thinking about how to get on the local news the story of how shutting down the grants for USDA Food for Progress program hurts American farmers, but I don’t have any contacts in the Midwest anymore.
Sadly, I suspect when the story breaks Vought will use the same lying tactics he used with shutting off USAID. He’ll lie about who is really hurt, he’ll lie about the impact of the shut down, he’ll lie about the old contracts and the timing of restarting new contracts. If a lawsuit forces the USDA to turn the money back on, he’ll wait until the Supreme Court rules they have to follow the law. Meanwhile , like the USAID shut down, food will rot. Kids will die.
If someone in the Trump admin speaks up for the program, (doubtful) Vought will attack the person and their agency, he’ll do what he has done before, claiming they aren’t doing what Trump wants. (Of course he won’t talk about what congress had ordered the agencies to do, because he has a constitutionally wrong idea of what OMB can do vs. Congress actual mandate..
Vought wants to control the money. If asked, “Isn’t this impoundment? He’ll say “No, just a restructuring of the agency with new contracts, ” like he did last time.
We now know that DOGE has LOST multiple cases in court, but for Vought the TRAMA to the PEOPLE in the federal agencies is showing them who is in charge.
Vought wants the American people to hate the USDA, like he does. He will tell farmers in Nebraska that the USDA hates them and that it is GOOD that they aren’t sending their food to feed kids in Africa. But the farmers know “no money for crops because of Russ Vought” is NOT good.
I’m not joking about Vought’s view, THIS is exactly what he said to Tucker Carlson about the EPA. he lied about the EPA and the 77 year old Vet” story. I looked it up. The Vet was polluting federal land for years, he was told to stop but didn’t. Vought tells this to FOX and on Rumble, where nobody questions him. But local news could talk to farmers and the wholesalers in Nebraska who bought crops from farmers to sell to the USDA Food for Progress program. This is a real story about the terrible impact to the Nebraska farmers and the Nebraska economy.
I believe that the activists in the Midwest have learned the Trump/DOGE/Vought method of destruction with the support of RW media. They won’t be able to cut through to Fox, but the target is LOCAL media, THEY can get the message.
Canceling the food for Progress Program is canceling all of these exports of US commodities. all that money was supposed to go to US farmers. Canceling that program is not saving money. It’s hurting the US economy.
Food Policy Expert (Who I won’t identify because of the sick way Trump attacks people giving facts he doesn’t like.)
I WILL TRAUMATIZE YOU!
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