North Dakota Farmer's Union VP says he lost $400,000 because of Trump's trade war with China

[Miles Archer]

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@MSNBC

Bob Kuylen, vice president of the North Dakota Farmer’s Union, says he lost $400,000 because of Pres. Trump's trade war with China. He says farmers have "pretty much lost all of our markets since Trump took over."

Link to tweet

[calguy]

1. He forgot to wear his MAGA hat.

[TwilightZone]

13. He didn't vote for Trump.

Link below.

[calguy]

14. I stand corrected

[Dawson Leery]

2. Protectionism does not work.

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[Hoyt]

3. trump will pay them subsidies and further appease them with more deportation and racist talk.

[LonePirate]

4. Does reap what you sow apply in this case?

He chose racism over his livelihood so fuck him.

[Aristus]

5. Was voting against Hillary Clinton worth $400,000?

Yes or no, I don't give a fuck. Suck it up and quit whining, asshole...

[MontanaFarmer]

8. Watch the damn clip before you rip him.

Not one chance Bob kuylen voted for trump. Farmers union organizations are the best resistance entity there is in red states to trump. Additionally, they are the only ag organization that is solely focused on family farm agriculture, corporate farming be damned. Check them out.

[Miles Archer]

9. I didn't rip him

So "read my damn post" before you accuse me of it. I shared the story without comment. Lecturing and admonishing me for something I didn't do is not cool.

[MontanaFarmer]

11. Sorry. I meant to reply to the responses. I'll fix it.

Wasn't meant for you, i appreciate you posting.

[Leghorn21]

7. He did not vote for MF45. fyi

A farmer of 40 years' standing, Kuylen did not vote for Trump in the last election. He said that those in the farm-belt who did back Trump in 2016 would be foolish to do so in 2020.

"If he doesn't lose 100 percent of it from the farm belt then people are kind of crazy because this is not going well for farmers at all," he told CNN host Don Lemon (via Grabien.)

https://www.newsweek.com/north-dakota-trump-china-trade-war-1456253

Glad he's speaking out loud and clear, what a fkn disaster

[Miles Archer]

10. I didn't even remotely suggest that he did.

I did not post this as "TRUMP VOTER GOT SCREWED."

I posted the tweet, as is, without comment.

[Leghorn21]

12. Oh, understood, Miles - apologies, was just putting this up for "general consumption"

Again, I'm so glad this man is making it clear just how devastating the occupant's actions really are -

--between these farmers' terrible plight and a potential lack of help harvesting crops (I'm picturing oranges in Florida, for example, or cabbages in California), one of these days could bring us food shortages that may shock the hell out of us -

...and for no good reason, is the thing of it

[myohmy2]

15. he's...

...probably going to lose a lot more...trump and his trade war isn't going anywhere soon...

...now all Bob has to do is convince others not to vote for trump in 2020...

...he'll probably lose there too...

...hand in there, Bob...