Trump's massive bid to buy off farmers immediately smacks a brick wall: report

A new $8 billion farm aid pledge from President Donald Trump may come too late to matter for vulnerable Republicans, Politico reported.Trump unveiled the payments, meant for farmers squeezed by expensive diesel, at a Kansas rally Monday for Sen. Roger Marshall, who is in a tough race. The White House has been working to contain frustration among farm-state Republicans over beef imports, tariffs and fuel prices linked to the Iran war, all of which have hurt a core GOP constituency.The problem, though, wrote Politico's Meredith Lee Hill, is that "the internal, taxpayer funded USDA account Trump is tapping doesn’t actually have enough $$ in it right now to make the direct payments. Congress will have to approve the new funds (a fight ahead in a GOP package or bipartisan year-end bill) or the admin will have to take it from another program, per Trump officials."Farmers likely won’t know their payment...