They voted for Donald Trump. Now soybean farmers could get slammed by the trade war he started.

[workinclasszero]

They voted for Donald Trump. Now soybean farmers could get slammed by the trade war he started.
By Caitlin Dewey April 5

Bret Davis voted for Donald Trump in 2016, as did many of his fellow farmers in central Ohio. But as a brewing Chinese trade war begins to threaten U.S. exports, Davis fears his fifth-generation farm will suffer.

The farm, where Davis and his stepson grow 1,300 acres of soybeans, corn and wheat for Ritz crackers, may not withstand the long-term drop in crop prices a trade war could bring, Davis said. And although he supports President Trump's goal of making foreign trade more “balanced,” he's increasingly concerned that Trump's methods could harm the rural Americans who helped put him in office.

Polling commissioned by the trade site Agri-Pulse suggests that most farmers did: In a March survey of 750 farmers, largely concentrated in the Plain states and the Midwest, 67 percent said they voted for Trump and 45 percent said they would do so again.

“It’s no secret that a lot of rural America voted for President Trump,” said Kristin Duncanson, a Minnesota soybean farmer who says she sees growing anxiety among her neighbors and friends. “A lot of them were looking for change. I don’t think this is the change they anticipated.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/05/they-voted-for-president-trump-now-soybean-farmers-could-get-slammed-by-the-trade-war-he-started/?utm_term=.2a1f55da5bf4

[SoCalNative]

1. Sorry..I can't feel even the least bit sorry for them

they got what they voted for.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Gee, isn't that a bitch?

Yet somehow I don't give a damn what happens to them.

Funny, eh?

[ProudLib72]

3. ....

No government subsidies, no bailouts, no welfare for these idiots. They do not deserve it.

[workinclasszero]

4. Let Trump be Trump farmers

His whole life was an open book for you to see and we democrats tired to warn you but I guess you all couldn't hear us over the LOCK HER UP chants eh?

I hear Dollar General is hiring, look it up after you lose the farm.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Told all y'all

Now your maga is biting you on the ass. Figure it out without me. I've got things to export to China that aren't on their list.

As long as the U.S. Manufacturer I work for in NJ that has about 700 skilled factory workers and a sea of Murphy bumper stickers each day is fine - no skin off of my back.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. They can get jobs making MAGA hats

[Wellstone ruled]

7. This story will only

get louder. By September,look for a Mega Farm Crisis. Grain Bins are overflowing from last Crop year,and know new Sales Contracts for overseas delivery,

[Fullduplexxx]

8. Well hopefully you'll lose it all and have to be a moocher and taker ..anf

Hopefully then you get the full package of scorn from the party you voted for and are a part of.

[jberryhill]

9. Thats what they wanted

Too bad.

[sheshe2]

10. That sucks...

You got the guy you voted for...he has never liked POC. Neither did ya'll. Guess you thought your beans... green, black and brown specked were exempt from bigotry. Lol.

[kimbutgar]

11. You voted for a bull shitter and con man

And you are being conned and shitted on by Twitlers politics. How can we say Dumb a$$ in a nice way?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Trump delivers a sextuple (or more) whammy to farmers.

* Chinese retaliatory import duty on soybeans, ethanol and pork.
* Farm equipment and machinery prices rising due to steel tariffs.
* Healthcare costs rising and will get worse, and many rural clinics are closing.
* In time, their taxes will go up substantially due to the Repug's tax bill.
* Farm worker costs will go up due to loss of immigrant labor.
* Borrowing costs may go up further, as FED raises rates.
(I'm sure several more can be added)

But man, how they love those MAGA ball caps..............

[UpInArms]

13. Well, I have this

[Sampan]

14. Im having a hard time working up any pity for people

who vote for a man who proved he had no moral compass before the election. What exactly did they think they would get from this despicable con man? In fact, they can take their soybeans, corn and wheat and stick them where the sun don’t shine.