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LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Trump promised to drain the swamp—but his tariff policies are pumping it full of cash, lobbyists, and bailouts. In this episode: The collapse of U.S. soybean exports to China—down from 985 million bushels in 2024 to just 218 million this year How a 23% Chinese tariff pushed buyers to Argentina and Brazil Trump’s new $10 billion (or more) bailout to farmers hurt by his own policies The lobbyist gold rush in D.C. as industries line up for carveouts and payouts Why tariffs let presidents tax Americans and write checks without Congress Trump’s “fix” for the problem he created isn’t draining the swamp—it’s making it richer, bigger, and harder to stop.