Politically, one thinks of farmers as Republicans: God-fearing, no nonsense, rugged individualists. Yet, Trump’s economic decisions, while they were excellent for the ultra-rich, were catastrophic for others, especially those whose financial conditions rise or fall dramatically according to seemingly small pressures put on supply and demand.
In particular, the nation’s farmers took a terrible hit to their bottom lines due to Trump’s capricious trade war that cut them off from huge chunks of their customer bases.