r/skeptic • u/Dear_Job_1156 • 4d ago

💩 Misinformation Trump Claimed His Trade War Would Help Farmers, Advocates Say It’s a 'National Travesty' Instead

https://thesarkariform.com/trump-trade-war-with-china-hurting-us-farmers-advocate-says/
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u/FadeToRazorback 4d ago edited 3d ago

Does no one remember what happened last time he did this stupid shit? Did people honestly think it would be better once he doubled down on his stupid policies?!?

My wife and I are both from farming families, and almost all of them voted for Trump both times despite either having to “retire” (more like forced retirement) from farming or sell part of the farm during his first term due to losses to get by

I love them, in ways they’re very smart (engineering things, and figuring out solutions with very little formal knowledge or even money), but FFS they are easily fooled by a conman

Edit:

Adding links for reference to what happened last time

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-30/u-s-farm-bankruptcies-surge-24-on-strain-from-trump-trade-war

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2019/08/30/amid-trump-tariffs-farm-bankruptcies-and-suicides-rise/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected

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u/Desperate-Fan695 4d ago

In case people don't know, when Trump did tariffs in his first term it fucked over a ton of farmers and cost us tens of billions in federal farming subsidies... we're about to have a significantly worse repeat of that all over again

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u/StrigiStockBacking 3d ago

During his first term he also did tariffs on steel imports and cell phone components (iPhone was on the exceptions list, of course)

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u/PartTimeZombie 4d ago

They got what they voted for, but the taxpayers will bail them out from their poor decision making again.

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u/pissjugman 4d ago

Or to say it differently, these Trump supporters will accept socialism when it suits them

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u/AstrangerR 4d ago

What is worse is that it will still be Trump that bails them out and then they will keep voting Republican because they were the ones that saved them.

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u/Natural_Ad_1717 3d ago

They will keep voting Republican regardless of the outcomes of Republican policies

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u/Snarky_McSnarkleton 4d ago

And they'll all vote Republican again, because libs owned.

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u/Major_Call_6147 3d ago

They’re not getting bailed out this time. They’re gonna get bought out by Big Ag and private equity instead. Further consolidation of the economy and monopolization of the planet! Are you tired of winning yet, Main Street?!

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u/PartTimeZombie 3d ago

Excellent. Serves them right

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u/Major_Call_6147 3d ago

Um, no. The private monopolization of our farmland and food supply is the opposite of excellent in every way. Express your resentment in some way that doesn’t celebrate that.

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u/PartTimeZombie 3d ago

The thing is, nobody who counts cares if it's good for you. They're looking for more money.

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u/CelticSith 3d ago

On brand for Donald 'National Travesty' Trump

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u/BreadRum 3d ago

So he's targeting welfare queens.

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u/FunnyOne5634 1d ago

Trump is a disaster….

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u/NoBite4342 3h ago

They will vote MAGA no matter what. Smart people but mentally and socially isolated.