MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business

[Swede]

The cost of equipment skyrocketing and the freezing of food aid for schools really hitting this dumb bastard.

A beekeeper who voted for President Donald Trump three times says he would have “considered other options” after the president ordered tariffs and cuts that could put him out of business.

“I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast,” farmer Jim Hartman told CNN, explaining that cuts to the federal budget, combined with the Trump administration’s tariff policy, could cause him to lose over half of his annual income.

Hartman, who runs Secret Garden Bees, a honey farm in North Carolina, told the presenter that “the cost of equipment has just gone through the roof” since Trump was re-elected, with things looking to get steadily worse in the coming months.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-beekeeper-admits-trump-tariffs-have-cost-him-half-his-business/

[Lovie777]

1. And they will still vote for him..............

[Coventina]

2. Nom nom nom, went the leopards....eom...

[TheBlackAdder]

16. Yeah, suck it up, buttercup! Your king says all will be better in a couple of years. Just hold tight.

Every night, when you contemplate eating your pet dog for food, just remember that you're helping to stick it to the libs.

[Javaman]

3. Tough shit asshole. Welcome to "find out"

The bees are better off without you

[Hassler]

4. The beekeeper should keep in mind

He's only lost half his business but, with almost four years left, Kraznov has plenty of time to ruin the other half. And he will. We tried to warn you.

[W_HAMILTON]

5. In their zest to vote for a fellow racist that would make them happy by hurting minorities...

...they overlooked the fact that Trump is the dumbest mother fucker that has ever come close to the presidency and there was zero chance of him ever implementing any of these policies in a successful manner.

Hope the racism and bigotry were worth it!

[sakabatou]

6. Another "victim" of face eating leopards

[dem4decades]

7. He can wear his MAGA hat to his foreclosure. Did he think

Trump's environmental record or assault on scientific research was going to help him and his bee business?

I hope the Bees make it, him, not so much.

[UpInArms]

8. Enjoy being the main course, fucktwit

[BOSSHOG]

9. The election is over. You did your part. He doesn't love you anymore.

[Delarage]

10. He needs to

Buzz off 🐝 and repent

[malaise]

11. Stung

fAFO
That is all

[GreenWave]

27. Beat me to it!

[EarlG]

12. "I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast"

...said the guy who voted for the candidate with 30-plus felony convictions for fraud.

[Wonder Why]

13. And Climate Change will take the rest, dumbo!

The guy is from rural eastern NC. Thank goodness he is so far away.

[Scrivener7]

14. Good.

[Aristus]

15. Too fucking bad, asshole. Boo hoo hoo.

Fuck your feelings.

[republianmushroom]

17. Trump voter living and learning.

[Melon]

18. You would think bee keeping would be somewhat removed

From the tariff situation. It’s impacting everyone.

[progressoid]

19. Pull yourself up by your fucking bootstraps asshole!

[rpannier]

21. From the story

It sounds as if he'll be eating those bootstraps in a few months

[mountain grammy]

20. But I'll bet he approves of his immigration policies.

[markodochartaigh]

22. To bee or not to bee, that is the question:

Whether 'tis sweeter in the wallet to suffer the stings and tariffs of outrageous fortune or to take a stand against a sea of biases and by opposing end them. To think; to hate no more and by hate to say we made heartache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished. To think-- To think, perchance to feel, ay, there's the rub, for in that thought of others, what feelings may come, when we have suppressed these selfish thoughts, must give us pause.

[SarcasticSatyr]

23. Welcome to the "Finding out" part of the program . . .

Tots and Pears

[Sky Jewels]

24. Oh, Honey

I'm sorry you're such a pathetic dumbfuck with the brain capacity of beeswax.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. .

Nice one!

[malaise]

30. Sweet

😀

[Demobrat]

26. Half his income came from government contracts.

And yet when Trump talked about cutting government waste, he never ever in a million years thought the waste cut would be HIM.

Oh no. He was a businessman providing a valuable product. All those OTHER people. THEY were the moochers. Fuck him. He was providing honey for school lunches. OF COURSE Republicans are going to cut that first. School lunches are a liberal thing you head up your ass moron.

There are so many stories like this. MAGAts completely reliant on government checks who are all about cutting government waste. Except when the buzzsaw gets around to them.

[GoodRaisin]

29. The last sentence says it all about this moron.

And although he does not blame Trump personally for the economic downturn, “the people he’s appointed and the way they’re going about things, it’s not OK,” he said.

Even now he would rather blame someone else than to be forced to find fault with his orange god. That is how stupid these people are.

[JI7]

31. Another dickhead

[JI7]

32. He still supports Trump and blames the people Trump appointed

and not Trump.

[Bettie]

33. Well, he is getting exactly what he voted for....

he just through that it wouldn't happen to him. Sorry dude, your MAGA hat doesn't protect you from the consequences of your vote.

I think a lot of them need to learn that. It won't help, because so many would rather be homeless than accept that people who aren't just like them exist and live in the same country they do.

I am so done with Magats. They'll vote for anyone or anything that promises to harm the people they hate more than they love anything.

[yardwork]

34. The owner is a disabled veteran.

From the website:

We are a federally certified, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Jim, our beekeeper extraordinaire, is a former Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer. He started keeping bees as a way to reduce PTSD and has grown the business as a productive way to use the land he owns and pollinate the nearby fruit trees, nut trees, and berries.

And he thought Trump would help him... how?!