Trump officials abruptly call off Midwest agriculture tour amid rising tensions with farmers

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Trump officials abruptly call off Midwest agriculture tour amid rising tensions with farmers

By Sarah K. Burris at Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/trump-officials-abruptly-call-off-midwest-agriculture-tour-amid-rising-tensions-with-farmers/

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President Donald Trump’s officials were abruptly told to end their agricultural tour in the Midwest this week as tensions among farmers continue to rise.

Bloomberg News reported Trump administration officials were visiting farmers in the Midwest when they received a credible threat that prompted them to end their tour. The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour was taking a look at soybeans and corn with Department of Agriculture staff when they were forced to pull out of the area.

“Federal Protective Services were contacted and are investigating the incident,” said Hubert Hamer, administrator of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “The safety of our employees is our top priority.”

Trump Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue had an unfortunate moment when he went to talk to farmers in the upper Midwest. Trump has claimed farmers support his trade war with China, that is going into its second year.



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[tanyev]

1. When danger reared its ugly head, they bravely turned their tails and fled.

[struggle4progress]

6. Brave Sir Robin !

[Newest Reality]

2. Was there an uptick

in torch and pitchfork sales or something?

[struggle4progress]

3. "The bastards wouldn't sell me Ohio!"

[Mike 03]

4. Oh, this is a good article. The worm turns...

Thanks for posting this!

[TeamPooka]

5. The credible threat was probably hard questions and anger from farmers over bad policy.

[Newest Reality]

7. I never!

Just had to throw this one in:

[NightWatcher]

8. His base begins to shrink and the walls are starting to close in.

He's getting backed into a corner. That corner, losing in 2020 and going to prison by 2022. Now we'll see how dangerous and crazy he can be.

[marble falls]

9. He'll be getting the WH bunker ready next. Fewer deplorables in the basket ...

every day, every time he opens his mouth.

Voting this 2020 needs to be treated like life or death.

[LonePirate]

10. I do not believe the threat ever happened. I do believe they fear a less than rousing welcome.

I think they believe he will be booed or will be confronted with angry people with tough questions. In short, President Snowflake is a coward.

[gratuitous]

15. Color me skeptical as well

The "threat" is that the farmers won't be the obeisant adulatory bunch Trump is used to hiring for his campaign rallies. Some of them might even make pointed comments, and the King of Israel doesn't like pointed comments.

[Mike 03]

11. From the article: Sonny Perdue's unfortunate moment

Farmers told Perdue that things weren’t “great” and they were concerned Americans see Trump’s bailout as a welfare program for farmers. To make matters worse, the bailouts were given to corporate farms over family farms and put those in rural areas at a greater disadvantage as they struggle through Trump’s trade war.

After a series of stories where farmers attacked Trump for the lack of progress, the president tweeted that farmers love him.

[Wellstone ruled]

13. Your story was the key

hot button thing at FarmFest ten days ago. And Purdue showed his total Ignorance to Farm Policy as well as any ability to deal with Farm issues. As per a Family Member who was in attendance. Things were getting kind of out of hand when the subject of payments being given mostly to the mega operators. The fellow from the Farmers Union pretty much tore Purdue to shreds with the fact that he lost the China Markets that many of those in attendance helped to open on their own dime.

As per the Family member in attendance,lots of verbal threats were shouted at Purdue and his handlers.

[safeinOhio]

12. They bet the farm

at the trump casino.

[DBoon]

14. From the original source

In a sign of rising tensions with the farm community, the Trump administration withdrew staff from a privately run tour of Midwestern corn and soybean fields after a government employee received a threat.

While the threat was made by someone not involved in the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour, the U.S. Department of Agriculture opted to pull all its staff as a precaution, Hubert Hamer, administrator of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, said by email Wednesday. NASS crops chief Lance Honig was scheduled to address groups on the tour, which is comprised of farmers, reporters and agribusiness interests scouting crop progress.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-21/usda-pulls-staff-out-of-crop-tour-after-threat-to-employee

Bloomberg, repackaged by rawstory

[dweller]

16. credible threat

please tell me it involved pitchforks ...


✌🏼

[lpbk2713]

17. They're farmers. They already have enough bull shit.

Trump can keep his.