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Leopards Ate My Face

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Across the US this year, farmers have seen costs soar and the price of their produce tumble as Donald Trump’s flagship tariffs sparked a trade war with China.

American farmers, who voted en masse for Trump last year, are now warning of the worst economic crisis since the 1980s, when soaring interest rates and a slump in exports saw the price of crops and the value of farmland collapse. About 300,000 farmers defaulted on their loans and thousands were driven into bankruptcy.

“We spent a hell lot of time in China building relationships, building those markets,” he said. “And then you basically piss it all away, to be blunt.”

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago

Didn't you watch the state of the union yesterday? trump clearly explained how this is all bidens fault and there is nothing to worry about.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

They're getting their hand outs

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-set-announce-large-subsidy-202924768.html

The poor millionaire farmers are going to be just fine getting paid to grow nothing.

They voted for the market to die so they would get free money and that's what's happening.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

yup, farmers union has some great PR making out this constant "woe is me" shit nonstop, but they're probably the biggest parasites next to wallstreet and the banks. that ol' mom and pop idealic farm shit simply doesn't exist anymore, except for rich retirees that want to pretend they're farmers in their golden years

the special bankruptcy class they get write all these "losses" off onto the rest of us, same as they've been doing for the last 100 years. uncle sam pays then to throw food away, every. single. year.

back during the great depression that had cops stationed to beat back starving mobs from garhering the food they were leaving to rot in piles

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

They're only getting $12B of the $44B they're down this year.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 54 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

He was never your friend you fucken ass breathers. Idk how you could hear any of his rhetoric as a farmer who relies on exports and be like "fuck yeah I'm gonna be way better off!" Go grab the shared braincell from Bo and sit in a corner to think about your logic there.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 43 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

They'd vote for him again anyway without a second thought.

[–] pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 10 hours ago

As if they even had a first though.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 hours ago

people like this dont care how bad things get for them as long as they think the people they hate have it worse.

Trump is just here to oversee the dismantling and selling off of American assets and making the country even more of a collection of confused slaves that it already is, because the powers that be no longer have national but global interests, and to get some bribe money in the process. Everything else is spin.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 hours ago

Have the day you voted for.

[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I bet they still vote for the GOP on midterms because ….

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

It's not like the Democrats would try and capitalize on it. They believe these places are too entrenched.

But someone needs to help educate the farmers on what social policies would do to help them. If no one ever tries to change the conversation there. What do we expect them to do except what they've always been doing.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You're on the brink of war with Venezuela, they've removed Calibri font from federal documentation, and half of the White House has been demolished while the rest of the building is vandalized. And all the while, it's more expensive to feed yourself.

Facing bankruptcy is a small price to pay, when you get all of these things.

Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 hours ago

Ha ha ha ha ha ha

Fuck the USA. Come eat your shit, idiots.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 hours ago

Oh no! Exactly what they voted for! 😢

[–] BannedVoice@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 hours ago

This is what we lovingly call the “Find out” portion of your fucking around.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

If it isn't the consequences of your own actions!

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Boo fuckin hoo.

Have the day you voted for, idiots.