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The One

#farmers #bailout #tariffs #tradewar #climatecrisis #climatechange #climatejustice

Elections have consequences;

“Farmers across the United States say they could face financial ruin – unless there is a huge taxpayer-funded bailout to compensate for losses generated by Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts and chaotic tariffs.”

“Rural counties rallied behind Trump in 2024, giving him a majority in all but 11 of the 444 farming-dependent counties last year, averaging 78% support”theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailoutBy Nina Lakhani
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Nonilex

“I can see how some #tariffs might help us compete with #Mexico but are we really getting targeted by every other country or are we on the wrong side of this? We’ve already had two years of absolute disaster with falling prices & weather patterns … no farmer wants this but without a #bailout this could be devastating & a lot more people could go under,” Johnson said.

#Trump#TradeWar#farmers
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Nonilex

The #ClimateCrisis fueled #ExtremeWeather is compounded by #Trump’s #TradeWar & the admin targeting federal programs & staff, leaving #farmers reeling & resigned to needing another #bailout.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty around & I hate to be used as a bargaining chip. I am definitely worried,” said Travis Johnson, who lost >1k acres of cotton, sorghum & corn after a year’s rain fell in 48 hrs in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) in TX last month, turning parched fields into lakes.

#tariffs#economy
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Nonilex

‘Shock to the system’: #farmers hit by #Trump’s #tariffs & cuts say they need another #bailout

With #ExtremeWeather & Trump’s #TradeWar, US farmers are reeling & resigned to needing more cash help

Farmers across the #UnitedStates say they could face financial ruin – unless there is a huge #taxpayer funded bail out to compensate for losses generated by Trump’s sweeping cuts & chaotic tariffs.

#economy #recession #trumpcession
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailoutBy Nina Lakhani
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