Farmers turn against Trump's trade war
Farmers turn against Trump's trade war
By Katie Lobosco, CNN
Updated 6:16 PM ET, Mon May 13, 2019
Washington (CNN)American farmers are running out of patience with President Donald Trump's trade war with China.
Farmers have long stood behind Trump's mission to get a better trade deal with Beijing that addresses long-standing issues with what they say are unfair trading practices.
But after weeks of optimistic statements by Trump and members of his administration about how trade talks were progressing, Trump abruptly escalated tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods last week and opened the door to even more -- prompting Beijing to hit back Monday by raising the tariff rate on $60 billion of US items.
The escalated tariffs don't hit agricultural products directly, since most were already facing a 25% tariff imposed by China last year. But the news still sent commodity prices plummeting.
"The President of the United States owes farmers like myself some type of plan of action," John Wesley Boyd Jr., a soybean farmer in Baskerville, Virginia, told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Monday.
"Farmers were his base. They helped elect this president ... and now he's turning his back on America's farmers when we need him the most," he added.
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and told Bill that Americans may feel a little bit of a pain in their pocketbooks now, but "they understand it is for the country's good and their sacrifice now will pay off in a few years". Sure, whatever you say Steve. 
A "plan"? From Trump?
Step 1. Bankrupt all the farmers so they sell out to BigAG.
Step 2. Farmers move to cities to find work.
Step 3. Influx of roral folk into cities dilutes the liberal vote.
Step 4. Permanent Repub rule.
Mission accomplished.
(I hope 
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