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Soybean farmers who voted for Trump fume as He sends $40B to Argentina while they face ‘Bankruptcy’ (thedailyadda.com)

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Across the US this year, farmers have seen costs soar and the price of their produce tumble as Donald Trump’s flagship tariffs sparked a trade war with China.

American farmers, who voted en masse for Trump last year, are now warning of the worst economic crisis since the 1980s, when soaring interest rates and a slump in exports saw the price of crops and the value of farmland collapse. About 300,000 farmers defaulted on their loans and thousands were driven into bankruptcy.

“We spent a hell lot of time in China building relationships, building those markets,” he said. “And then you basically piss it all away, to be blunt.”

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I bet they still vote for the GOP on midterms because ….

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not like the Democrats would try and capitalize on it. They believe these places are too entrenched.

But someone needs to help educate the farmers on what social policies would do to help them. If no one ever tries to change the conversation there. What do we expect them to do except what they've always been doing.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That would be nice, but those same people have been voting for people to take education away from them for decades.

And now hospitals. And food. And...