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Botany

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14. He is clueless and his mind is so shot he works from the last input into his brain.

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:30 PM

Dec 9

So some American rice grower tells him that it is cheap rice from India that is hurting their
sales so he goes after India instead of his half baked tariffs and other shit that was his fault.
In the good old days we had a U.S.D.A., local extension services, and some of the best farmers
in the world working to make high quality products that there was a demand for in America and
world wide and the USAID bought tons of American rice to help the poor in Africa and Asia too.

BTW America can grow some damn fine rice.

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Highlight:

Trump tells India to stop 'dumping rice' on US or face new tariffs [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 9 OP

India not offering him a big enough bribe? Irish_Dem Dec 9 #1

Asian and Indian rice tastes so much better than American rice kimbutgar Dec 9 #2

Screw you, Trump. Indian rice has far less arsenic than US rice--even Californian... hlthe2b Dec 9 #3

I bought two 20-lb. bags of Royal basmati rice the last timre I was at Walmart. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 #4

But first let's all read in the Constitution.. Permanut Dec 9 #5

Possibly Trump has no idea where rice comes from or how it is grown. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #6

Link to stats ........ twodogsbarking Dec 9 #7

so Trump wants higher tariffs on the most basic staple food item? DBoon Dec 9 #8

Fine with me. tavernier Dec 9 #15

Appeasing the rice producing states of which the top five of six are red. Hmmm. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #9

India buys a lot of food from the US IronLionZion Dec 9 #10

That should help food prices angryxyouth Dec 9 #11

We're not even a top 10 rice producer so I'm not sure what the problem is to be honest with having cheap rice. cstanleytech Dec 9 #12

He is clueless and his mind is so shot he works from the last input into his brain. Botany Dec 9 #14

God forbid we get cheap rice in the US! NickB79 Dec 9 #13

Rice??? Smackdown2019 Dec 9 #16

Does this mean that India has been driving the price of rice down in the U.S. ?? Jack Valentino Dec 9 #17

Better strategy -- provoke them into dumping some somosas next. With a selection of chutneys. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 9 #18

"Who should I put a tariff on next?" sakabatou Dec 9 #19

I only buy Indian or Mexican rice. Figarosmom Dec 10 #20

You could try Thai Jasmine rice too BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #22

PBS's show 'America's Test Kitchen' agrees with me-- A Badger Dec 10 #21

But, not a word to any of the importers who are making loads from their imports. OldBaldy1701E Dec 10 #23

No, Americans need to eat more rice. When I was a child, we had rice very often for lunch. raccoon Dec 10 #24