Caleb Ragland says his pleas to the Trump administration have fallen on deaf ears.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35684522

Despite his support for Trump, Ragland has become increasingly vocal about the need for immediate trade resolution. “We desperately need to get something rectified quickly with China, our biggest export customer,” he told CNN. “We wanna encourage the administration to get a proactive trade deal done.”

  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    102·
    3 months ago

    Farmers will sell their land to someone with more money.

    More consolidation is what this country needs. /s

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    97·
    3 months ago

    Oh NO! ALL they wanted was to be able to Kill Black Kids on their Driveway! They DIDNT know it would Effect their WALLETS too!

  • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
    89·
    3 months ago

    Oh no! If only there had been some way for farmers to know this was going to happen! Like Trump telling them it was going to happen! Or every economist in the country warning it was going to happen! Or Trump doing the same thing in his first term! WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN???

    • Tom Arrr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      It still amazes me that they are surprised. They lived through it the first time. It wasn’t fake news It was their own reality.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      136·
      3 months ago

      If only there had been some way for farmers to know this was going to happen

      Midwestern Dems are sprinkled with nativist, anti-China, police gimp politicians that overwhelmed their GOP colleagues. So it’s sort of a crap shoot. You might get a Tim Walz or you might get a Pete Buttigieg or you might get a Terri Sewell.

      Just “Vote Blue No Matter Who” isn’t a panacea. Not when so many Dems are cuddling up to the Cheney and Bloomberg brand of Republicanism, even as they fervently reject Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib

      WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN???

      Biden had four years to reverse Trump policies, rebuild ties with our largest trading partners, and prosecute the corrupt officials in the prior administration.

      Instead, he continued the War on Migrants, tried to shut down TikTok while flooding Israel with cheap munitions, and gave a DOJ sized shrug to fascists big and small.

      These decisions cost his party 6M votes between 2020 and 2024.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        93·
        3 months ago

        Bullshit. In this case our reality is so twisted that this is the time to vote blue, no matter who. Anti-fascist, no matter who. Least unethical, no matter who.

        I look forward to the day when all major candidates are not channeling evil supervillains, who care about their constituents (not just enriching their friends and corporate benefactors) and can articulate a platform toward their concept. I look forward to the day we can relate to “both sides” again, to the day we can debate the merits of different proposals. I too wish for that utopia where it’s reasonable to choose on who has the best plan.

        In the meantime it’s just not ok

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          105·
          3 months ago

          In this case our reality is so twisted that this is the time to vote blue, no matter who.

          That’s how you end up with a Congress and President who continues to pander to fascism from the liberal side of the aisle.

          We played the “Vote Blue” game with Biden and he pooched it. Burned another generational opportunity for reform so he could placate his friends in Israel and Wall Street.

          I look forward to the day when all major candidates are not channeling evil supervillains

          You can’t look forward to it. You have to champion it. That means actively opposing Democrats who are complicit in the horror.

          In the meantime it’s just not ok

          This is the mentality that continues to propel Andrew Cuomo’s campaign.

      • Zink@programming.devEnglish
        61·
        3 months ago

        I thought “blue no matter who” was a call for the general election because at the federal level the alternative is the republican.

        Then to change the direction of the party you have to be involved far ahead of the election in the candidate suction process.

        … not that they’re necessarily going to listen. The forced two party thing we have going will probably always corrupt the “good” party if there is one.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          24·
          3 months ago

          I thought “blue no matter who” was a call for the general election because at the federal level the alternative is the republican.

          If you’re supporting reactionaries in your own party, you’re not opposing Republicans at the national level.

    • morebento@aussie.zoneEnglish
      35·
      3 months ago

      Yeah exactly. Big agribusiness will scoop these family farms up at very cheap prices. Follow the money.

  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipEnglish
    64·
    3 months ago

    WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPENING. AGAIN. AFTER HE CAMPAIGNED ON LITERALLY THE SAME THING THAT CAUSED THIS THE FIRST TIME.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    642·
    3 months ago

    They can always blame Biden (Joe or Hunter), Obama, or trans people! 🤡🤡🤡🤡

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
    61·
    3 months ago

    Oh no.

    The consequences of your own voting.

    Just like Canada is, China is specifically targeting people who voted red and I have zero sympathy. In fact, I applaud them in this instance.

    Every one of these people had more than 8 years to see what Trump was like before voting.

    It’ll probably be hard for them to buy some tarifer potash and fertilizer next year after their reduced sales this harvest, but it’s what they wanted.

  • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldEnglish
    57·
    3 months ago

    The biggest purchaser of soy and corn was the US govt, which purchased it for foreign aid.

    Well the farmers voted GOP because they opposed all that foreign aid, so Trump removed it.

  • Rooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    This isn’t even a “I never thought leopards would eat MY face” this is more “I specifically asked for my face to be eaten by leopards”.

  • Nomecks@lemmy.caEnglish
    47·
    3 months ago

    What’s that you say? Soybeans are a complimentary crop for corn, and those same soybean farmers will now have to carry this utter loss into corn planting season? I wonder how many farmers fail this season and don’t plant next season.