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The President of the National Farmers Union is not a happy camper about Trump - and with good reason. And he's right on the money about why:
"The president of the National Farmers Union has leveled an astonishingly frank broadside against President Donald Trump, who rural voters largely supported in the 2016 election.
Trade group leader Roger Johnson said in a radio interview Thursday that it will take “decades” to reverse damage caused by Trump. China, he added, is now a “lost market” for American farmers because of Trump’s trade war.
Trump has “offended the leaders of pretty much every ally we have on Earth,” and America’s reputation in markets around the world has taken a long-lasting hit, Johnson said in an interview on KFGO radio in Fargo, North Dakota. “It’s going to take much different behavior from future presidents in order to repair this damage,” he said.
Johnson, whose organization represents some 200,000 family farms, ranches and fishing enterprises in 33 states, agreed that China needs to be “held to account” for trade relationships and behavior. But he said that Trump would have been wiser to approach the world’s second-largest economy with a team of allies.
“I would ... argue that it would be far more effective if we did it with the rest of world, instead of first ticking off the rest of the world and then trying to do it all by ourself,” he said..."
I support a farming industry completely removed from the influence politicians and the money of taxpayers. Ill bet the president of the NFU and its membership would vehemently disagree with such a proposal.
I think rural voters in 2020 will without a doubt feel that their only hope will be to vote for Trump again, because a Democrat president would only make their economic conditions worse for them, won't support the 2nd Amendment and won't support banning all abortion or turn back gay rights.
I think rural voters in 2020 will without a doubt feel that their only hope will be to vote for Trump again, because a Democrat president would only make their economic conditions worse for them, won't support the 2nd Amendment and won't support banning all abortion or turn back gay rights.
Well if the farmers of America enjoy being relegated to tax payer funded welfare bums then by all means continue to support trump.
I support a farming industry completely removed from the influence politicians and the money of taxpayers. Ill bet the president of the NFU and its membership would vehemently disagree with such a proposal.
You would be correct - The National Farmers Union is a Washington D.C. based Lobby Group. They are all about "influence & politicians" ..... they gave Obama a 100% rating and their support.
They are a Liberal Progressive Group ..... Preserving the Social Security Safety Net is a big deal to them.
I wonder how they feel about losing their Medicare with the current crop of Progressives?
Go work on a farm and tell if that's the life of a bum.
The point is that they can’t support themselves in a free market. So they rely on government subsidies (i.e., welfare).
When adult fast-food or retail workers collect welfare and ask for higher wages, conservatives say those types of jobs were never meant to be careers. When farmers do the same thing, they’re hard-working Muricans.
Trump is a con man and America has been had. Not only have farmers been ripped off but also a multitude of American businesses. It will be a cold day in hell when and if China returns business to American farmers. In the meantime, China went elsewhere. One place is Russia and although Russia cannot meet the demands of China they are investing and expanding their farm resources meaning billions in new revenue. Now who is one of Vladimir's best buddies? You guest it, Comrade Trump. Perhaps these insane tariffs are doing what they were intended to do.
The President of the National Farmers Union is not a happy camper about Trump - and with good reason. And he's right on the money about why:
"The president of the National Farmers Union has leveled an astonishingly frank broadside against President Donald Trump, who rural voters largely supported in the 2016 election.
Trade group leader Roger Johnson said in a radio interview Thursday that it will take “decades” to reverse damage caused by Trump. China, he added, is now a “lost market” for American farmers because of Trump’s trade war.
Trump has “offended the leaders of pretty much every ally we have on Earth,” and America’s reputation in markets around the world has taken a long-lasting hit, Johnson said in an interview on KFGO radio in Fargo, North Dakota. “It’s going to take much different behavior from future presidents in order to repair this damage,” he said.
Johnson, whose organization represents some 200,000 family farms, ranches and fishing enterprises in 33 states, agreed that China needs to be “held to account” for trade relationships and behavior. But he said that Trump would have been wiser to approach the world’s second-largest economy with a team of allies.
“I would ... argue that it would be far more effective if we did it with the rest of world, instead of first ticking off the rest of the world and then trying to do it all by ourself,” he said..."
Of all US agricultural production, only 3% goes to China.
Suck it up buttercup.
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