HAHAHAHAHA!!!! The neo-nazi fascist pigs of America's "heartland" have buyer's remorse. They voted for drumpf/trump-pence and their cadre of brown shirt republican politicians because they are white. Their vote confirmed their bigotry, hatred, racism, misogyny and religious hypocrisy. drumpf/trump-pence were supposed to go after everyone else, not the white dominated agro economy of the heartland! BOHICA!!!!!! How's that right wing authoritarian fascism thingy working out for ya heartland? BBWWAAAAAAA!!!!!
Rural America begins to realize Trump isn't working for them; as Nebraska Farm Bureau makes clear
Trump’s proposed Trade war isn’t resonating quite the way he anticipated in Rural America, where farmers are quick to realize the implications of Trump administration's plan. In a sharply worded letter, the Nebraska Farm Bureau seems to indicate some buyers remorse:
“It has been very well documented that your historic path to the White House came directly through rural America. While your thoughts on trade where well known by farmers and ranchers, it would be very dangerous to assume it was the focus of their support. Mr. President, please do not turn your back on the farm and ranch families who depend on international markets and who rely on you to make wise decisions that don’t put their economic future in jeopardy.”
The caveat seems to be: “look, we knew you were out there on this stuff, but by and large we didn’t believe you and voted for you for other reasons”; now, it appears those other reasons aren’t quite as important as their livelihood could be harmed in through a trade policy that might sink the family farm.
How important is preventing a trade war to farmers?
That's what some farmers of soybeans in the Midwestern state are saying as they look to the former governor and now US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to help avoid a US-China trade war that might target US soybean exports to China — the biggest buyer of US soybeans. It imported about $14 billion worth of US soybeans in 2016, or 60 percent of the total US crop, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).Iowa is the second-largest soybean producing state after Illinois. There are roughly 70,000 to 80,000 soybean farmers in the two states, according to 2012 USDA census data.
Of course, Iowa, Nebraska and even Illinois are not alone. One of the most reliable exports from the United States are food crops — agriculture — and a trade war puts all of that at risk.
Farmers across the Midwest would be a prime target for China, the biggest buyer of some American crops."Coming from an agriculture state that supported Trump, it's certainly a disappointing development for Montana and the rest of rural America," says Herb Karst, a grain farmer in Billings, Montana, and a representative of Farmers for Free Trade, an advocacy group."It just seems that agriculture is going to be paying the price for the protection of the steel and aluminum industries," he said.
The letter from the Nebraska Farm Bureau won’t be the last — in the end, very few things speak to voters like a president who seems intent on destroying their livelihood.
But do farmers, the individuals in some states who provided critical votes that helped put Trump in the oval office enough have the courage to look for a path to stop Trump? Will Republican congressmen find themselves in red districts trying to explain how they stand with Trump while he tries to put their constituents out of business?
One thing is absolutely a sure thing: a lot of Republicans running in red districts, as well as Republican governor candidates are going to have to answer questions they have avoided for decades, like whether or not the Republican agenda even cares about the farm community, or just uses it for easy votes.
With VP Pence heading to Nebraska on behalf of Republican Governor Ricketts, it is unlikely those questions stop with a simple letter as long as the administration remains intent on destroying a generations-old way of life.
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