He Tweeted That Trade Wars Are 'Easy to Win.' Then Taxpayers Paid Billions to the Farmers He Lost.

In March 2018 Trump tweeted that 'trade wars are good, and easy to win.' When China retaliated against the farm belt, the USDA paid farmers more than $20 billion through the Market Facilitation Program to offset the damage, and China's purchases of US soybeans, the top farm export, collapsed almost to nothing. Marcus rates the 'easy to win' claim False.