Donald Trump is crushing America’s farmers—yet they back him| They bore the brunt of his trade war. Now the war in Iran is pushing some to the brink

They expect to be bailed out (again).

Racism is a hell of a drug.

“You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.” - Blazing Saddles (1974)

It would be easy to blame Mr Trump for the downturn; after all, he campaigned on promises to bring down prices and revive the heartland. But rural America does not. The president’s favourability rating is higher among rural voters than among any other group in our survey. Most still think he is doing a good job. In interview after interview with The Economist, farmers said they trust the administration—but that they need help to recoup the losses its foreign policy is causing them.

Jiminy Christmas, these muppets.

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“Those leopards have got to run out of faces eventually. I’m sure they’ll be done before they make it to me though.”

Common clay of the new west: "hE sAyS wHaT i aM tHiNkInG"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI

awww. poor bubbas reaping what they sow.

geddit?

The lemmings had been running toward the precipice for a long time. Back when they started others warned them: there's a precipice right ahead! They laughed and called them cowards. But after a long while, it became visible reality: there's a precipice up ahead and we're running right towards it! There were a few who wanted to stop now, but it was too late: neither their neighbors nor those pushing from behind listened to any of that precipice nonsense anymore.