A Republican governor from the Midwest breaks ranks on live TV. It echoes Margaret Chase Smith’s 1950 stand against McCarthy. But unlike her, he knows he may not survive politically. Or physically. His state begins prepping for federal retaliation.
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Mid-level USDA staffers walk out. “We didn’t join to run political loyalty tests on corn subsidies.” Reminds us of EPA scientists quitting under Trump. Or Soviet ministries collapsing as party loyalty replaced expertise and hunger set in.
Then $2.3 billion vanishes into the pockets of the presidential family. Treasury calls it a “clerical error.” Feels like Halliburton in Iraq. Or 1MDB in Malaysia. But here, the response isn’t shock—it’s resignation. The system is working as corrupted.
As protests erupt, farmers blockade roads with tractors. Shades of the French farmer revolts. DHS deploys drones—not to help, but to watch. Surveillance is no longer foreign policy. It’s crop policy.
Brazil and the EU file a WTO complaint. A Banana Wars redux. Allies talk like enemies, and enemies—like Russia—sound like friends. No one knows if trade diplomacy is dead. But it definitely smells funny. Like soybeans rotting in the heat.
The final scene: The president leans toward Leon and says, “Let them plant onions. By next year, they’ll be begging for Bitcoin.” Somewhere in Iowa, a farmer burns his crop and holds a sign: *We voted for rain. Got fire.*
Each episode of #Trumpistan is a funhouse mirror of history. This one? It’s *The Grapes of Wrath* meets *House of Cards*, directed by Adam McKay and scored by cynicism. Stay tuned. The crop failures are just beginning.
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