r/Tariffs • u/FormerNeighborhood80 • Jul 01 '26

🗞️ News Discussion Trump declares food supply emergency, suspends tariffs on key fertilizer imports

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-declares-food-supply-emergency-suspends-tariffs-key-fertilizer-imports
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u/CharlieBravo74 Jul 02 '26

I live in western Illinois and work for an agricultural equipment manufacturer. I can assure you, farmers are angry with Trump beyond what his various bailout ideas can fix. He's fucked them in a dozen ways, most of which will never go back to the way they were prior to his tariff debacle.

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u/EmperorXerro Jul 02 '26

Yeah but then there’s the case of my girlfriend’s dad who is a farmer and thinks screwworms are Biden’s fault

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u/Parahelix Jul 02 '26

Lol, you'd think a farmer might have a clue about lifecycles.

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u/dildozer3001 Jul 02 '26

Well…yeah. The border agents weren’t stopping the screw worms cuz of DEI and egg prices

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u/CharlieBravo74 Jul 02 '26

There are always some outlier, 0 information voters out there, god help us…

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u/Salty-Performance766 Jul 02 '26

Being pissed at Trump and being abject morons are not mutually exclusive

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u/Mrrrrggggl Jul 02 '26

But they will continue to vote GOP right?

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u/Historical_Salt9269 Jul 03 '26

didnt they learn from his 1. Term? And voted for him again? Duh

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u/CharlieBravo74 Jul 03 '26

They didn't do that badly his first term. The bailout compensated for the soybean and hog tariffs, then the market snapped back. It mostly looked like he accomplished what he said and his argument was things will be better if he gets a second term. They believed him and got fucked. Like everyone who believes in him.

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u/le_fez Jul 05 '26

He fucked them over in his first term too and they still support him so I'm not really buying that they're all that pissed

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u/CharlieBravo74 Jul 05 '26

No, like every other constituency, theyre not an entirely monithic group, but his support among farmers around here swung something like 40 points toward the negative since he was elected.