FLASHBACK: “60% of our exports were going to China.” TN Agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher told the truth about how Trump’s last trade war was crushing our farmers. TN was the #1 hardest hit state by far😢👩‍🌾 (It necessitated massive farmer bailout) - ThreadSky

thetnholler.bsky.social • 114 days ago

FLASHBACK: “60% of our exports were going to China.”

TN Agriculture commissioner Charlie Hatcher told the truth about how Trump’s last trade war was crushing our farmers. TN was the #1 hardest hit state by far😢👩‍🌾 (It necessitated massive farmer bailout)

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cathy007.bsky.social•112 days ago

trump had better look into the dairy Canada bought and is buying to save USA's unregulated sorry arse!

sonsofliberty.vote•114 days ago

When the independent farms begin to collapse, the dominoes will truly begin to fall and we will be tailspinning head on into a great depression.

loudme.bsky.social•114 days ago

When are we going to stop acting like globalism isn’t here to stay? Isolating ourselves is so stupid. The internet has made it impossible to be “American First and Only”.

mpaweska.bsky.social•114 days ago

*checks how Tennessee voted in 2020 and 2024*

🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

azdotconnector.bsky.social•113 days ago

He will tank the economy just like he did his shitty businesses.

vtmoderate.bsky.social•114 days ago

Yeh? But I’ll bet that those farmers voted for him anyway.

snarkington.bsky.social•114 days ago

Ended up costing taxpayers $20B to bail out soybean farmers

WORSE YET… it bolstered the China-Brazil soybean trade on an ongoing basis

jonathanmlewis.bsky.social•114 days ago

Round II-hint, hint....developers and politicians want your land and will crush you to get it from delinquent real estate taxes which is why they offer no relief from those taxes because it helps you.

pirate40.bsky.social•114 days ago

My guess is the new DOGE won’t be quick to bail out farmers this time….another tariff casualty. Wonder how many farmers are MAGA.

yelly-fish.bsky.social•114 days ago

I hope there are no “bailouts” this time. Fuck em.

aajclmlb.bsky.social•114 days ago

But farmers voted for him and then have their hand out because they are having such a hard time. I know

sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social•114 days ago

Leopards. Face. Noms.

thenewendgame.bsky.social•114 days ago

And most subsidies went to the wealthier farmers.

dedamc.bsky.social•114 days ago

And this could be have said before the election.

lilhistorian.bsky.social•114 days ago

64% TN voted for trump

donnap10.bsky.social•114 days ago

Please explain why those farmers voted again for Trump. One thing I can say with 100% certainty is when tariffs are implemented I will have no sympathy for farmers and anyone else who is affected when they lose their farms or can no longer afford to live.

culinarious.bsky.social•113 days ago

Well done Republicans. You convinced your constituents that you wanted to help them but it was all bullshit. Did you forget what happened to Marie Antoinette and King Louis XIV when she was told that the peasants were starving because there was no food, and she replied, “Let them eat cake!”

culinarious.bsky.social•113 days ago

You know, that whole French Revolution thing where the ruling class were all guillotined?

gs314.bsky.social•114 days ago

In other words, Trump’s new tariffs will be a huge wealth transfer program

c-majuscula.bsky.social•114 days ago

No bailouts this time. Time for personal consequences.

sccrumbery.bsky.social•114 days ago

All the farmers I know personally in TN voted for him.

kauaiproud.bsky.social•114 days ago

I'm sorry, but why didn't these people come out of the woodwork before the election? Kamala could only talk about so much, yet there was plenty to discuss. Very little of it would fit on a bumper sticker. Well, Tennessee farmers and others in agriculture messed around and are about to find out.

karencox1963.bsky.social•114 days ago

Cattle producers did not get a bailout

taormint.bsky.social•114 days ago

Why did so many TN farmers vote Republican?

kragbax.bsky.social•114 days ago

And they pretty much all voted for him again. Maybe next time no bailout, let there be actual consequences

twinksy.bsky.social•114 days ago

Yet all the farmers voted for him!😡

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