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Trump Says American Farmers Will Understand If His Trade War Destroys Them Financially
In remarks on Monday, Donald Trump addressed his ongoing trade wars by saying that American farmers will completely understand if the increased tariffs on their goods cause them to be ruined financially. Trump is not considering the economic costs of his trade war with China, and the people who put him in office will be the ones to suffer the most. Ring of Fires Farron Cousins discusses this...https://trofire.com/2018/04/10/trump-says-american-farmers-will-understand-if-his-trade-war-destroys-them-financially/
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Trump Says American Farmers Will Understand If His Trade War Destroys Them Financially (Original Post)
goldenheart
Apr 2018
OP
As a small organic farmer, I have never sold anything to China and have no plans to.
Farmer-Rick
Apr 2018
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Farmer-Rick
(10,227 posts)1. As a small organic farmer, I have never sold anything to China and have no plans to.
So F*ck You Trump.
BlueDog22
(366 posts)2. No
No they won't. This will swing several states more towards the Democrats in the next election, specifically the blue wall states that Trump won, North Carolina and Florida.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)3. Just another business opportunity
Just think of all the land to be had by pushing more farmers to financial ruin. Maybe he'll let them work his land as "sharecroppers".
BigmanPigman
(51,649 posts)4. The other day he said that the farmers are patriots
so they will understand. How dare he say that when he is the most un-American, unpatriotic American since Benedict Arnold.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)5. The majority of them will understand because they voted for him.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)6. They are dumber than we all thought.
jazzcat23
(176 posts)7. Yes, you've got that right,
I am constantly baffled by these folks who just love this toddler-in-chief...unfortunately, they have no knowledge of governing, just like the tRump crime family. We are sooooo screwed!
oasis
(49,455 posts)8. "As long as it's not Hillary or Obama destroying us financially."
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