Trump is lying in farmers' faces, and they're finally getting angry about it
Source: Washington Post
Trump is lying in farmers faces, and theyre finally getting angry about it
By Greg Sargent
Opinion writer
August 27 at 9:55 AM
One of the worst habits among the D.C. commentariat is the tendency to treat President Trumps lies as if they possess magical qualities. We are constantly told that Trumps lying works, a claim that rests on the idea that no matter what Trump says, his supporters will believe him.
Its true that Trump supporters generally accept what he tells them. But the reverence accorded to Trumps powers of deception sometimes seems to imply they have an almost paranormal quality. And this takes things way too far.
Case in point: American farmers. There are indications that they are now getting genuinely angry over Trumps efforts to gaslight them so shamelessly over the impact of his trade war with China.
The New York Times has a good report that fleshes out the damage that farmers are sustaining right now and their reaction to it. Chinas retaliatory tariffs are closing off the biggest export market in the world leading to a massive drop in exports of soybeans, pork, wheat and other agricultural products.
The administration has rolled out billions and billions of dollars in aid to farmers. But farm loan delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising, and the ripple effects are spreading, with one major manufacturer of agricultural equipment cutting its profit outlook this month.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/27/trump-is-lying-farmers-faces-theyre-finally-getting-angry-about-it/
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Related: Farmers Frustration With Trump Grows as U.S. Escalates China Fight (New York Times)
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)That's the way it always goes.
Midnight Writer
(21,797 posts)when it comes time to vote, they will vote AGAINST any Democrat.
I was talking to a neighbor the other day who, to my surprise, was trashing Trump and his idiocy. But at the end of her speech, she said "Thank God Hillary Clinton isn't President. She'd be even worse."
Cosmocat
(14,572 posts)exasperating that the entire country has to suffer from being held hostage by by the pride of these people.
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)I hope that this frustration actually carries over into votes for Democrats.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)murielm99
(30,761 posts)45 has signed a law upping the Chapter 12 debt limit from 4.1 million to 10 million.
Trump still has a very high approval rating among farmers.
https://www.fb.org/news/trump-signs-bill-providing-debt-relief-to-more-family-farmers
lark
(23,156 posts)I hope they do go bankrupt if they vote for him again, it will be totally deserved. I just don't want to have to pay for their welfare because they put racism and hate over common sense.
Zorro
(15,749 posts)Skittles
(153,193 posts)are they FINALLY waking up???
EarthFirst
(2,904 posts)Let them lie with the dogs who they partnered with and created the torturous policies from now which they suffer.
They cashed the check when $12 billion in farm subsidies arrived at their doorstep; and decried a school lunch program in urban public school systems as socialism and freebies etc. etc.
Fuck them.
Auction off a few thousand farms for all I fucking care!
Actions have policy consequences that they were 100% culpable in creating.
Fuck them.
Go MAGA yourselves mfers...