2016: Trump got 63% of the North Dakota vote. 2018: North Dakota Farmers Union is "scared."

[Miles Archer]

Farmers are reporting economic anxiety over President Donald Trump’s escalating trade wars as the midterm elections approach, The Bismarck Tribune reports.

China imposed a 25 percent soybean tariff as a retaliatory measure against Trump’s trade policies.

“Right now, I am the most scared I’ve ever been as to where the future of farming is going,” explained Randy Richards, the Steele County president for the North Dakota Farmers Union.

In 2016, Trump received more than twice as many votes as Hillary Clinton, besting her 63 percent to 27 percent.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/north-dakota-farmers-lash-gop-trumps-crippling-trade-war-china-scared-ive-ever/

[CincyDem]

1. Sorry guys - elections have consequences.

but I'm sure there was something in HRC's emails that worried you more than going out of business so...all's good, right ?

[Iliyah]

2. I don't care, do U?

But honestly I do care. Mostly because the United States of America in the whole will suffer greatly. Obviously, like majority of the GOPs, they don't consider anything in the whole but care only for the 1-2%ers and oneself.

[Xipe Totec]

3. The long nightmare of peace and prosperity will soon be over. nt

[dalton99a]

4. Once again

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. You aren't the ony one that's scared, dude.

But unlike a lot of your guys, most of us didn't vote for that maggot.....

[KPN]

6. One question Mr. Richards: did you vote for Trump

[dflprincess]

29. Question 2

Who do you support in the Senate race?

[CountAllVotes]

7. They got what they voted for

and it is a criminal, aka "Don the Con".

Too bad they did not notice. Maybe they'll kick him to the curb if they are "stable geniuses".

[Phoenix61]

8. Thoughts and prayers nt

[DetlefK]

9. Trump won. You lost. Get over it.

[hatrack]

25. this, This, THIS!!!!!

[Jeroen]

37. Perfect n/t

[NightWatcher]

10. Isn't there a saying about reaping what you sow?

They picked the moron and now they suffer his policies and temperament.

[LonePirate]

11. What did they expect when voting for an ignorant bigot known for his bankruptcies and shady deals?

[John Fante]

34. They expected the suffering to be contained to brown people

and liberals.

[Downtown Hound]

12. Did they care when Trump tried to take health care away from 20 million of their fellow Americans?

No. So I don't care about them. Suck it up. This is on you

[Stallion]

13. On a Positive Note They Won't Have to Worry About Their Tax Break if They Don't Make a Profit

Karma

[Wwcd]

14. Why isn't he wearing his MAGA hat?

63% Loved Trump

[Afromania]

15. Well, we told you how scared we were two whole years ago.

We told you not to vote for that guy because this exact thing was going to happen. Now you're scared and you will probably lose your shirt behind this, but they'll probably go out and vote republican again.

[RKP5637]

16. Welcome to the US dystopian society the GOP wants and many of you voted for!!! n/t

[RKP5637]

17. Like I could really give a F if they lose everything. I don't like what it does to the US, but

many of them voted this sh** into office. Now, they have to live with the consequences and the destruction their beloved GOP wants to bestow on America.

[peggysue2]

18. They're right to be scared

Because things are going to get worse. For them and for us if we do not corral and contain the Trumpster's worst instincts to tear down the country's economic stability.

The only person the economic ruin would serve is Putin and his fan boys which include the Trumpster and his enablers who have their eyes on buying up assets cheap. Bannon is over in the UK right now calling for a populist uprising. Does anyone think he and his acolytes have the UK's economic interests at heart?

The Trumpster is Putin's Apprentice. His supporters better realize that fast before they're totally ruined. And take the rest of us down with them.

[DURHAM D]

19. Many of us who grow soybeans did not vote for Trump. nt

[NCjack]

27. Yes, I know. Sorry that he is wrecking your farm.

[Squinch]

30. Ack. Durham. I'm sorry for your troubles. Are you going to be OK?

[Baitball Blogger]

20. womp, womp.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

21. OH, do these idiots regret their vote now?

In Minnesota, a former Trump supporter slammed the trade war.

“This isn’t just numbers on a sheet or percentage of trade or dollar value,” Michael Petefish, a Trump-backing farmer, told CNN. “This is multi-generational American families, your base, that you are now squarely putting into financial peril.”

[AlexSFCA]

31. does he still support him?

if so he deserves all of it. Yeah, China is the enemy until you want them to buy stuff from you.

[Garrett78]

22. And if he's on the ballot in 2020, he'll win ND again by a similar margin.

[Coventina]

23. FOAD, is all I can say. n/t

[hatrack]

24. Paying attention now?

That's nice.

[Glorfindel]

26. I'm going to include them in my thoughts and prayers just as soon as I finish deadheading my

marigolds. Shouldn't take more than 3 - 4 days.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

28. They don't care who tRump screws, as long as it ain't them,

they are collateral damage.

[Hav]

32. Strange, voting for an isolationist affects your trade with other countries...

funny how that works.
And talking about scared...I wonder how scared young children are that get separated for months from their parents and then it's in doubt whether they'll see them again because the criminals who separated them also destroyed the paperwork to connect them.

[Jake Stern]

33. Where were these fuckers when Trump was trying to steal CHIP and SNAP from my child?

They weren't giving two shits about their fellow humans when Trump was pummeling them but now Farmer John wants us to feel sorry when he's getting kicked in the balls.

Now where did I put those thoughts and prayers. . . . . . oh yeah! Right under my nano violin.

[MyOwnPeace]

35. Good question, Jake...........

and, wonder how "worried" they were when thousands of children were ripped from their parents' arms and taken away?

Huh?

Were you worried then?

Did it possibly occur to you, dear Mr. Farmer, that there just "might" be something wrong with this "Fucktard?"

Yeah, I didn't think so....................................

We've heard your "concerns" before:

In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up.

[beachbum bob]

36. Karma is a bitch....don't come asking for handouts for your own stupidity

[Vinca]

38. Guess they shouldn't have voted for a self-obsessed, no-nothing, maniac con man.

[roamer65]

39. Would these Dump people please shut the FUCK up.

God they are annoying.

My thoughts and prayers are that they all go bankrupt.

[Zorro]

40. Eat more tofu!

That might be a winning advertising campaign for the North Dakota Farmers Union.

[hunter]

41. Putin and his buddies are going to buy your bankrupt farm for pennies...

... and hire you and your children at minimum wage to work it.

Enjoy your "retirement."

[Qanisqineq]

42. As a NDakotan and a farmer's daughter

You get what you voted for.

[Garrett78]

45. And they'll vote for him again in 2020 if he's on the ballot.

Scared farmers or not, Trump will win ND by a similar margin in 2020, assuming he's on the ballot.

[matt819]

43. But ...

They will say they understand what trump is trying to accomplish because trade rules don’t favor America.

But when asked, they can’t identify the issues and will vote R.

[Captain Stern]

44. He's overreacting.

Most of the soybean farmers will make plenty of money.

Just not the ones in our country.

[workinclasszero]

46. Womp womp

Thoughts and prayers on the way GOP farmers. We tried to warn you but you put your trust into the hands of a lifelong con man in the leopards eating faces party.

Now they are coming for you.

[JHB]

47. Gosh, the world's most obvious used-car salesman sold you a lemon?

I undrstand your frustration, but since since you forced me to rise aling with you, please forgive me if please forgive me for my inevitable lack of sympathy. You're the guy who actively swallowed every claim against Obama or either Clinton that came down the pike, while dismissing decades' worth of info on how Trump short changes any little guy once he has what he wants from them.

Yes, yes, I suppose I am being "uncivil" for blaming you for the situation. I prefer to think of it as "not being politically correct".