Trump is lying in farmers' faces, and they're finally getting angry about it

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Trump is lying in farmers’ faces, and they’re 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 Trump’s lies as if they possess magical qualities. We are constantly told that Trump’s lying “works,” a claim that rests on the idea that no matter what Trump says, his supporters will believe him.

It’s true that Trump supporters generally accept what he tells them. But the reverence accorded to Trump’s 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 Trump’s 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. China’s 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]

1. They'll vote for him again.

That's the way it always goes.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Absolutely. I live in the Farm Belt. Farmers around here may be disillusioned of Trump, but

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]

7. YEP

exasperating that the entire country has to suffer from being held hostage by by the pride of these people.

[SharonAnn]

10. This guy didn't vote for him. Those did will probably do it again.

[BlueMTexpat]

2. It's about time!

I hope that this frustration actually carries over into votes for Democrats.

[empedocles]

3. The 'information' process grinds on

[murielm99]

5. I just watched an Ag Day program on TV...

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]

6. Their ignorance and hate is bankrupting thim and they keep asking for more.

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]

8. Let them eat soybeans

[Skittles]

9. so, even the handouts are not buying them off

are they FINALLY waking up???

[EarthFirst]

11. Fuck 'em!

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 mf’ers...