Are the Trump/Republican Party Tariffs behind the (extra) Amazon destruction?

[gulliver]

It seems like quite a coincidence that Brazil suddenly increases slashing and burning Amazon land right when Trump and the Republican Party's tariffs (I never forget to credit the Republican Party) are tying the hands of American farmers and pushing China to look for other food suppliers (in retaliation for the tariffs). Is Brazil's agriculture industry burning up the Amazon in a mad rush to lock up China's beef and soybean business because Trump and the Republicans sidelined American agriculture?

Here's a link that talks about Brazil's farmers being behind the extra burning.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/brazil-farming-bolsonaro-blames-farmers-for-record-amazon-fires-2019-8-1028466147

[Kurt V.]

1. no . the history of burning forest goes way back. Brazil is just the latest

[gulliver]

2. There's been a big uptick this year.

China suddenly wants to buy soybeans and beef from anyone but the United States thanks to Trump and his Republican Trade War. Brazil wants the market. Brazil starts clearing more Amazon rain forest land? Am I missing something?

[Kurt V.]

3. Brazil is aware of a possible market advantage. the uptick is a result of that.

what Brazil is doing is simply a reflection of the u.s. reaction for hundreds of years

[gulliver]

4. Ok, well it seems we agree. The uptick is likely the result of the advantage Trump/Republicans ...

...gave to Brazil. To me, that would mean that Trump and the Republicans are on the hook not only for the loss of American farm market share but for the loss of Amazon rain forest land that Brazilian famers cleared to take the market share from Americans.

[moondust]

5. Sky News reports

...the Amazon rainforest in Brazil continues to burn and firefighters there told Sky News that 90% of the fires are manmade, designed to clear forests so they can be replaced by farmland.

http://news.sky.com/story/million-hectares-in-bolivia-fires-as-amazon-continues-to-burn-11794454

[JI7]

6. they elected their own Trump type asshole who did what he said he was going to do