Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies.

>In the past, farmers’ loyalty to Trump has overridden economics. In our study of the 2018–19 trade war between the U.S. and China, we found that farmers in Trump-voting counties kept planting soybeans even though the trade war’s effects were clear: Their costs would rise and their profits would fall. Farmers in Democratic-leaning counties, by contrast, shifted acreage toward alternatives such as corn or wheat that were likely to be more profitable. **For many pro-Trump farmers, political belief outweighed market logic** – at least in the short term.

I am sorry but…. What the hell did they expect? Decency? 😭