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Farmers Backed Trump But Suffer from His Trade War
Townhall ^ | 08/08/2018 | Steven Hilding

Posted on 08/08/2018 8:58:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 08/08/2018 8:58:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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but let’s remember that it was a problem of his own creation.

Horsehockey! The DonaldTM is responding to decades of tariffs imposed upon the United States after WWII.

2 posted on 08/08/2018 9:01:03 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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We’ve been refugees in an ongoing trade war since 1948. All Trump has done is to start to prosecute it.


3 posted on 08/08/2018 9:01:26 AM PDT by steve8714 ("My name is Rod Blagojevich and I need cash now!" (all) "Call JB Pritzker, 87DirtyCashNOW!")
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All these articles are from WSJ and National Review types. I haven’t heard from any real farmers.


4 posted on 08/08/2018 9:05:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Ping, us when you finally post some real news instead of this bs!


5 posted on 08/08/2018 9:07:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Mexico's elite/white conquistadors have manipulated & interfered in our elections, since Ike!)
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I agree with the financial relief for farmers that Trump pursued.

Meghan McCain opposes it.


6 posted on 08/08/2018 9:09:01 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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This is just NeverTrump nonsense.

For example, take his statement, “Farmers have contracts in foreign markets that were disrupted by this back-and-forth trade-warring.” “Farmers” don’t have such contracts, giant broker firms do.

But saying ‘bailouts for large corporations’ doesn’t adequately arose Trump-hate in the RINO world.


7 posted on 08/08/2018 9:09:10 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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Trade War is better than Trade Surrender.


8 posted on 08/08/2018 9:09:51 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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poor farmers can’t get by on an extra 12 Billion in subs.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3673417/posts


9 posted on 08/08/2018 9:11:53 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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Should we continue to grab our ankles for the world to have their way with us? I don’t think so! The farmers will tough it out till it gets better . This always happens to them. Sometimes worse than others.


10 posted on 08/08/2018 9:12:24 AM PDT by spincaster ( AM A)
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Short term pain.
Long term gain.


11 posted on 08/08/2018 9:12:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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I noticed that too. Also a bunch of articles from big city, coastal liberals; not a single farmer writing articles claiming this.


12 posted on 08/08/2018 9:16:00 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Another a$$wipe from Townhall! “It’s the old “everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die” approach. “Let’s just put everything back where it was and muddle along as a country being screwed by the rest of the world. Already China is hard up against the fact that they will have to buy soybeans from America with the tariffs, because without our production, there isn’t enough in the rest of the world to give them what they need to stay alive. Trump is doing the right thing.


13 posted on 08/08/2018 9:20:15 AM PDT by vette6387 (shoul)
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Can’t they make up their mind? I thought the media said the only reason we had a 4.1 % growth of GDP was soy bean sales overseas.


14 posted on 08/08/2018 9:20:17 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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Has the Democrat media ever cared about farmers before? The answer is “No.” They are only using this as another attempt to separate President Trump from a segment of his base. Farmers are suffering much worse from the bad weather this year.


15 posted on 08/08/2018 9:22:05 AM PDT by txrefugee
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One might wonder, who is this author? In the article linked below, it says: "...Steven Hilding is a former member of the State Leadership Team for Sen. Marco Rubio’s re-election campaign in 2016..." This article he wrote is illustrative:

RISING SEA LEVELS MAY PRESENT RISK TO OUR COASTS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY

I have grown to shape my impressions of people based on their views on climate change. I find it to be most revealing. This is a Rubio guy, and a believer in Man-Caused Global Warming.

16 posted on 08/08/2018 9:22:40 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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Yes. See my post above at #16.

For me, belief in man-caused global warming is a political non-starter.

If someone is stupid enough to jump on that wagon, and also morally suspect enough to support Rubio, I am not interested in their views.


17 posted on 08/08/2018 9:25:08 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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In the last week we have information that the EU is going to up its purchase of US soybeans. We also find that China is going to have to buy more soybeans than usual and will return to US soybeans in September-October. We are informed that soybean production in the important South America’s Southern Cone (So. Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina) is way off this year. Finally, Archer Daniels controls the world market for soybeans. The farmers know all this and they have a tendency, unlike journalists, to not cry until they are hurt.


18 posted on 08/08/2018 9:37:02 AM PDT by Bookshelf (`)
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That calculus works for me.


19 posted on 08/08/2018 9:39:35 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Already been mentioned that the Chinese are running out of soybeans, which is a major food source for them

The ivory tower idiots do not understand that most big time farmers store beans in silos and trade in futures.

A short tern price decline is worth it to get trade back in balance.

And that is just one income source.

You don’t think the Chinese are going to stop smoking to spite us, do you?

And if they don’t sell us cars and electronics, top Chinese government officials will lose their heads...literally.

The article is one world propaganda.


20 posted on 08/08/2018 9:42:11 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so terrible, so disgraceful, that the federal government can not make worse)
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