Trump's trade war is crushing Midwest farmers -- and their suicide rate is going up
By Dan Desai Martin -March 9, 2020 3:22 PM
More than 150 farmers in the Midwest committed suicide in 2017 and 2018.
Donald Trump's trade war with China contributed to a spike in farmer suicides across the Midwest in recent years, according to an investigation by USA Today and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting.
On Monday, USA Today reported that more than 450 farmers killed themselves between 2014 and 2018. However, investigators cautioned that the true number is likely higher because several states did not share complete data with the investigative team.
More than 150 of the suicides were committed during 2017 and 2018.
"We like to identify something as the cause," Ted Matthews, a psychologist who works with Minnesota farm families, told USA Today. "Right now, they talk about commodity prices being the cause, and it's definitely a cause, but it is not the only one by any stretch."
https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-trade-war-suicide-rates-midwest-farmers-china/
This is so sad..................they were promised Bullshit and now people are killing themselves.............
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