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
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/27/donald-trump-is-crushing-americas-farmers-yet-they-back-him
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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 143d
Standard for a trumpet. He can deport their wives, insult them, wreck their livelihood, make fertilizer or the diesel to run their equipment unaffordable…and they still kneel and kiss the mushroom.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 143d
Jaderick@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 143d
The Schadenfreude strong with this one.
db2@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 143d
What ever will the multimillionaire farmers do!
Seriously, they voted that way because they wanted even more tax breaks and handouts than they already were getting. They didn't count on someone being dumber and greedier than they are. Fuck 'em.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 142d
they get money for certain amount crops that arnt grown ina given year too.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 143d
It's because most farmers left agriculture after the Depression and the only ones left have 3 generations of "family farms" that are huge thousand acre agri-businesses which control local politics like petty tyrants. The farmers don't actually care because they are multimillionaires or leaving the business. That's the only kind of farmer left these days. No one wants to farm.
Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 143d
*no one can afford to farm
there's a difference
Lexam@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 143d
And let's not forget a farm bankruptcy is not the same as a traditional bankruptcy. The farmers generally won't lose anything.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 143d
Go sit in the cuck tractor
stemy@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 142d
Strange how the right is easily forgiven for crushing its voters base while people have no problem to harshly punish the left.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 142d
also because fox, and other MSMS never report on how the farmers are hurt by trumps tariffs, so no ones the wisers. people end up thinking nothing bad happened.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 142d
they said the same thing during his 1st term, they are hopeful he came around, but he dint. and the MSMs never reported the failures of the farms, we wonder why. if they did republicans would turn on the gop state in an instant. many farm ownsers did lose thier livelyhood and some allegedly suicided over it too.
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 142d
We call those bag holders.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 141d
That's why Republican Jesus gave them bootstraps.