Illinois farmer won't blame Trump for tariffs, says it's like dealing with droughts or pests

[Miles Archer]

Trump’s Tariffs Are Screwing Farmers. Many Still Won’t Blame Him.

When Trump followed up in May with more tariffs, this time on trading partners like Canada and Mexico, Swanson watched the value of her crops plummet.

“You actually lose every day,” said Swanson, a member of the Knox County Farm Bureau. “You’re still paying to go to work and back, and make and buy lunch, but you’re losing money. Who would want to keep doing that, you know?”

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Yet, asked if she’s angry at Trump for starting a trade war and potentially driving her family farm into the ground, Swanson wouldn’t blame him for anything. She compared it to farmers dealing with challenges like droughts or pests.

“We’re just hoping this doesn’t last a long time,” she said, “and that we can get to a point where we end up in a better place.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tariffs-farmers-soybeans_us_5b646da2e4b0de86f4a0c5f4

[Sneederbunk]

1. This is one fat ugly pest.

[marylandblue]

5. We will need an extra large rat trap

[guillaumeb]

2. Trump acts with malice.

A drought does not, and neither do insects.

[skylucy]

3. I read the entire article and apparently not all the farmers are stuck on stupid.

Some are angry at Trump and the wife of one farmer said that Trump has no idea what it is like to live in the real world.

[irisblue]

4. From the article

🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
snip..."Link, who lives in Abingdon and was a GOP local elected official for years, said he goes to coffee every morning with “some pretty strong Republican farmers” and tries to talk about Trump’s tariffs being bad for agriculture.
When we make every country upset, it will be hard for us to get our exports and trading partners back,” said Link, whose wife Maryanne stood nearby nodding. “I am very upset with our Republican president. Very upset.”

As the interview wrapped up, Maryanne said she had one thing to add about Trump celebrating his tariffs:

“He has no concept of what it’s like out here in the real world.”


Marianne Link is not wrong.
🤦

[tonedevil]

6. Can we say they...

vote against they're own interests yet?