In a rush to solid a pall on one aspect of President Trump’s introduced farm aid, ABC’s Rachel Scott omitted one other. Thus was the prophecy fulfilled when President Trump earlier referred to Scott’s employer as “ABC Faux Information.”
Watch as Scott mischaracterized the help obtained by farmers as “taxpayer cash”, though it isn’t:
ABC Information omits one materials truth in regards to the $12B farm help and botches one other.
DAVID MUIR: President Trump’s proposal to present American farmers a $12 billion bailout now in taxpayer cash partly due to the ache attributable to the president’s tariff coverage?
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DAVID MUIR: President Trump’s proposal to present American farmers a $12 billion bailout now in taxpayer cash partly due to the ache attributable to the president’s tariff coverage?
RACHEL SCOTT: Sure. David. And American farmers have been struggling throughout the nation for months, China refused to purchase American soybeans due to that ongoing commerce warfare. This $12 billion is taxpayer cash and it isn’t the primary time the president has had to assist out farmers due to his insurance policies. Throughout his first time period, he supplied $20 billion to farmers due to his commerce insurance policies too, David.
MUIR: Rachel Scott, dwell at The White Home tonight. Rachel, thanks.
This change closed out Scott’s impromptu wrap-up, which was in any other case in regards to the continued controversy over the choice to order further strikes in opposition to a Cartel of the Suns narcovessel within the Caribbean. And it instantly begins with a key omission.
It’s true that the Chinese language had stopped buying American soy. However Scott leaves out that the Chinese language have begun buying once more, pursuant to the commerce framework introduced between america and China. In a pinch, Scott may’ve checked with…ABC Information.
Throughout Trump’s high-stakes assembly with Chinese language President Xi in late October, the U.S. and China introduced a framework commerce settlement that included a deal on soybeans. China agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans within the remaining two months of this yr and 25 million metric tons in 2026, 2027 and 2028 — on par with ranges earlier than the commerce warfare.
To date, China has bought about 2.2 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. for the reason that finish of October, USDA knowledge reveals.
Moreover, the report mischaracterizes the farm help as “taxpayer cash.” Once more, per ABC Information:
President Donald Trump introduced a complete $12 billion in funding to assist American farmers throughout an occasion on Monday, and mentioned that it will come from tariff income.
“I am delighted to announce this afternoon that america shall be taking a small portion of the lots of of billions of {dollars} we obtain in tariffs. … and we’ll be giving and offering it to the farmers in financial help. And we love our farmers,” the president mentioned.
The help is coming from tariff income, however Scott makes it seem to be the administration is raiding the treasury so as to make these short-term aid funds. And, once more, they’re short-term as a result of the Chinese language are buying American soy at agreed-upon intervals.
As we’ve usually mentioned, a lot of what passes for information reporting lately is anti-news- politically charged narrative versus plain info that the viewer can assess on their very own. Studies like these are why belief within the information is at all-time lows.
Click on “increase” to view the complete transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on ABC World Information Tonight on Monday, December eighth, 2025:
DAVID MUIR: Tonight, President Trump backtracking over whether or not he’ll launch the video of that controversial second lethal strike on these two survivors of that alleged drug boat. The primary strike ignited the boat in flames and capsized. The president saying he has now seen the video of the second strike. However will the American individuals? What he’s now saying about that and, here is Rachel Scott.
RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, President Trump backing away from his promise to launch the video of that controversial and lethal second strike on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors. Simply final week, the president mentioned he would launch the video.
SELINA WANG: Will you launch video of that strike in order that the American individuals can see for themselves what occurred?
DONALD TRUMP: I do not know what they’ve, however no matter we’ve got, we’ll definitely launch. No downside.
SCOTT: However immediately once I requested him, a distinct story.
Mr. President, you mentioned you’d haven’t any downside releasing the complete video of that strike on September 2nd off the coast of Venezuela. Secretary Hegseth —
TRUMP: I did not say that. You mentioned that. I did not say that. That is ABC pretend information.
SCOTT: You mentioned that you’d haven’t any downside releasing the full- properly, okay, Secretary Hegseth–
TRUMP: No matter Hegseth needs to do is okay with me.
SCOTT: Over the weekend, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth wouldn’t decide to releasing the video.
PETE HEGSETH: No matter we had been to determine to launch, we’d must be very accountable about, so we’re reviewing that proper now.
SCOTT: A supply tells ABC Information the survivors had been clinging to the capsized boat. That at one level, they appeared to wave at one thing overhead. Democrats say the administration does not need the American individuals to see that the navy fired on shipwrecked sailors in violation of the principles of legislation.
JIM HIMES: I believe it is actually vital that folks see what it appears like when the complete pressure of america navy is turned on two guys who’re clinging to a chunk of wooden and about to go underneath.
SCOTT: However President Trump says he is now watched the video and that is not what he noticed.
TRUMP: I noticed the video. They had been making an attempt to show the boat again to the place it may float and we did not wish to see that as a result of that boat was loaded up with medication similar to the whole lot else.
SCOTT: To date, Secretary Hegseth won’t decide to launch that video however many lawmakers on Capitol Hill are attempting to pressure the Pentagon’s hand, David.
MUIR: Massive questions on this. Rachel, stick with us as a result of there’s one other breaking headline from The White Home tonight. President Trump’s proposal to present American farmers a $12 billion bailout now in taxpayer cash partly due to the ache attributable to the president’s tariff coverage?
SCOTT: Sure. David. And American farmers have been struggling throughout the nation for months, China refused to purchase American soybeans due to that ongoing commerce warfare. This $12 billion is taxpayer cash and it isn’t the primary time the president has had to assist out farmers due to his insurance policies. Throughout his first time period, he supplied $20 billion to farmers due to his commerce insurance policies too, David.
MUIR: Rachel Scott, dwell at The White Home tonight. Rachel, thanks.
