“Why would USA help bail out Argentina while they take American soybean producers’ biggest market???” (China) wrote Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. “We should use leverage at every turn to help hurting farm economy. Family farmers should be top of mind in negotiations by representatives of USA.”

“Trump has made much about putting America First, so, independent of the merits or demerits of the financial assistance, to his base it appears inconsistent with the ideology he’s set forth,” said Ian Vasquez, vice president for International Studies at the Cato Institute.