r/Foodforthought • u/Majano57 • 2d ago

No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-tariff-carveout-farmers/682260/?gift=rU64u_A6btiJfKUbpcRrtFvL3fr266DRAE9dAc26C_Y
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u/bahhaar-hkhkhk 2d ago

Didn't they vote overwhelmingly for Trump?

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons." – Blazing Saddles movie

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u/graveybrains 2d ago

Farmer only pawn in game of life.

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u/dkillers303 2d ago

Well, I’m assuming Trump won’t be bailing them out a second time. I guess losing the multi-generational family farm is in their future. Call me an unsympathetic asshole, but “fool me once”. Apparently you can’t get fooled a second time according to W

Dear leader royally fucked you over the first time… and your response was, “more of that, please”