The public overwhelmingly expresses frustration and derision towards American farmers suffering economically due to their political choices, particularly their support for Trump's tariffs and trade policies. Many commenters believe farmers deserve their current plight as a consequence of their voting behavior, displaying little sympathy or willingness to support bailouts. Overall, a sentiment of schadenfreude prevails, with significant criticism aimed at the government's trade strategies, perceived as harmful to U.S. farmers while benefiting foreign competitors.

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charleyhstl

They are going to get a handout like they always do. They just need to whine enough. Which is why they can carefree vote for trump
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For all the people who don't think their will be a bail out here is a link where they are working on a record breaking 40 billion bailout, similar to the 23 billion dollar bailout to farmers from trump's first term in office.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-farmers-face-financial-calamity-without-extra-aid-soon-republican-lawmakers-2025-09-17/#:~:text=The%20federal%20government%20is%20already,passed%20by%20Congress%20last%20December.

dnd_or_reallifefun

You can own the Libs.  Or own your farm.  But it can’t be both.

navibfterceS

so... were they betting on a bailout? or just forgot the last time this happened?

mad_method_man

2021 - Business ok, Biden sucks

2022 - Business ok, Biden sucks

2023 - Business ok, Biden sucks

2024 - Business ok, Biden sucks

2025 - I'm on the verge of bankruptcy, God bless Trump though.

Renovatio_

Literally NO ONE wants to talk with you, Doug. Though this realization does make you amongst the brightest of your cohort. -Love 🇨🇦

Cnshap

time to start making your own tofu! Think of it as a now homegrown, protein replacement to the "cheaper eggs" you voted for! :D

pinkelephant0040

“
Why don’t Governor Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn, Trump care?”

Because they’re getting your vote either way.

Amazing-Basket-136

When Blackrock buys your farms for pennies, rehires you for 40% of what you used to make creating what is basically indentured servitude, maybe...just maybe...THEN you'll figure it out

caseofthereddits

Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Trump, specifically because they liked how he doesn't care about Americans' problems.  They just didn't expect to have problems themselves.

howie-chetem

Your business won't survive but at least you owned those Libs!

GalvestonDreaming

JD Vance and his buddies built an app to make it easier to buy up those family farms for pennies on the dollar.

It's called "Acre Trader" [https://civileats.com/2024/09/18/jd-vance-invested-in-acretrader-heres-why-that-matters/](https://civileats.com/2024/09/18/jd-vance-invested-in-acretrader-heres-why-that-matters/)

Have the day you voted for. 



P.S. None of this would be happening if Kamala Harris was president.

Silly-Mountain-6702

angelomancuso62

40 years or so farmers been whining about wanting fair trade, free trade, trade. The us government did everything to give us farmers advantages in the trade. 
But that wasn’t good enough, you farmers wanted to make sure a couple trans kids didn’t play a game with their friends. You farmers wanted minorities to know their place. You voted for Epstein’s buddy. Enjoy, you won. 

ResponsibleBank1387

Well. Maybe understand the meaning of a tariff before you cast your ballot.

OkProgress3241

Historical-Egg3243

so... before the election, Donald told all of you that he was going to do this. None of it has been a shock if you actually paid any attention at all before you cast your vote.

Old_Refrigerator4817

Rmlady12152

Calkky

Sounds like a red state farmers with a red state problem.

DevonDs101

This is all on trump because of feelings.  Your feelings.

someoldguyon_reddit

Hey. They won.  They should be celebrating.

bonzoboy2000

You voted for this. None of what they are doing should shock you.

Ozzie_the_tiger_cat

Congratulations, you've just figured out every single republican politician in charge absolutely cares NOTHING about YOU.

DrawingAncient126

They needed your votes. Now they’re done with you. They’ll buy your land for a song and create huge industrial corporate agribusiness properties. You’ve been used. Trick.

TheVeryBear

Grouchyoldman_420

Really curious how they thought they did care.

Momentofclarity_2022

Seems like this farmer is just the inelastic party that Stephen Miran loves talking about, too bad for him.  I’m sure the welfare check is already written, signed by the taxpayers of course.

Zestyclose-Grand-670

Trump said "i don't care about you. I just want your vote" and you still voted for that.

GrowFreeFood

It must be nice being able to break as many things as you like in the knowledge that blue state money will always be there to bail you out.

Darth_Chili_Dog

“Not good for anyone”

Now that’s just not true, the Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik’s family profits nicely from tariff refunds through their company Cantor Fitzgerald, as well I imagine anyone who invests with the company.

So don’t worry farmers, you aren’t losing everything for no reason! You are losing everything while the economy collapses so a small group of people can profit off your losses

ecstaticthicket

No-Trip-No-Prob

Is the plan to bankrupt farmers so that the Big Boys get to buy them for a dime? It would not surprise me one bit.

japakapalapa

After a corporation buys your farm for pennies on the dollar or you lose it in a bankruptcy and now living in your F250 Super Duty, you can always have the satisfaction of knowing "you schooled us libs".

pokey-4321

Let me guess, now they want government handouts? Dumb fucks. Farming, is one of the most heavily subsidized industries in America. Farm subsidies make up like 13.5% of net farm income. They got handed $9.3 in 2024 alone. Welfare queens. Dumbass welfare queens that don't even have their own best interests in mind.

Kurian17

Let it burn. These people doomed America so I'm glad they're the first ones to suffer. Go work at Walmart of Dollar Tree for a living if your farm can't sustain itself.

braumbles

I’m sure JD Vance’s AcreTrader has nothing to do with this...like, at all.

GEB82

They voted for the guy who ran on a platform of deporting their labor force, raising input costs through tariffs, and starting a trade war with their export customers.  but it was a small price to pay for owning the libs.  At least those hundreds of billionaires living in NY, California, and Florida got their tax cuts.

DeepstateDilettante

Brazilian farmers say: thank you very much

AliBabaPlus40

Sorry, but you can either have free trade OR own the libs. You can’t have both.

carlitospig

Because they love stupid people, they just don’t want to take care of them!

Introverted-headcase

fart400

They don't have to care if you're going to vote for them anyways.

badwords

AWinnipegGuy

when he says free trade he means free trade with USDA farm aid

BoomZhakaLaka

They should have the day they voted for, and enjoy it.

SuperCool101

Were you listening when he was screaming about tariffs throughout his campaign? Or were you blinded by your racism and desire to “own the libs” to give a crap? I have zero sympathy. You already know how he voted.

Krinder

They have never cared about people like you.  They just use you for votes and you continue to let them.

AdFinal9134

Have fun being an underpaid rank and file worker when a Big Ag conglomerate buys your farm at an auction for pennies.

OnlyFiveLives

expanding-man19

Don’t count on a bail out this time, he doesn’t need your vote anymore

Chill_Capybara_02

Yeah. Stop the victim mentality. You know why they don’t care, they’ve shown you this over and over and over again.

PBPunch

NewSinner_2021

Thoughts and Prayers. May I interest the farmer with some bootstraps? In related news, people get what they vote for.

phoneguyfl

They don’t care because you already have them your vote. Vote better.

Prize-Huckleberry-55

They didn't learn from his first term. Fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me

iNec01

Welfare Queens always wanting government handouts

Ok-Permit2640

Because you’ll still vote for them, regardless of how much pain they cause you and your family.

Lieutenant_Horn

He LITERALLY said he was going to do this, YOU voted for this, this is what you wanted, you should be happy.

madadekinai

How the fuck is it Lee or Blackburn’s fault?

Difficult-Way-9563

SluttyCosmonaut

Woohoo! My state is just constantly winning. Loving all of this. So glad the majority continues to vote red and won't get rid of Lee or Blackburn 😑

Ok-Possibility-4802

DarkArmyLieutenant

"The ingredients you got bake the cake you get"

OkShow3496

Um…because they don’t care about anybody else?

DrinkOrganic964

Training_Number_9954

if you LISTENED to them before you voted, you’d have known better

mbush525

dustonomo

OrneryZombie1983

It isn't a stalemate if the clock is ticking and you are the one sweating. It sounds like you, Trump, and the GOP put yourself in a bad spot. Reap what you sow (if you can afford it)

donkeybraintitfucker

"... it's just kind of a stalemate right now."???
A stalemate between who? WTF is he talking about? It's a self inflicted disaster for you famers and for the whole country.  And lots of us are just along for the ride because we were outnumbered.

Kilmo21

Stalemate? One side keep shooting up their foot threatening to keep on shooting themselves if the other does not concede to exploitative demands they do not need to agree to in the least.

Extension_Shift_1124

I really hope they understand their farm is gone. They can go bankrupt or they can sign it over to the chosen oligarch as part of a "bailout" scheme. 

I'm curious if it was worth owning the libs. Losing your farm to prevent the 10 or so trans athletes across US colleges from playing sports.

West9Virus

Oh I get it. He's an idiot who used the word "care" with all those people's names when they have never gave a shit about you

swordpooll

Trump will swoop in with peanuts in direct government aid and they’ll swear he’s the best president ever.

ASaneDude

Ill-Theory-8909

These are the same people who are celebrating Kimmel getting canceled. The only people they care about are themselves

Empty_Ad_8303

They were warned multiple times what would happen, they still voted for Trump, now they can live with their decision.

XxxLasombraxxX

As a Tennessean, fuck em. I know it’s just going to end up being a bunch of corporations buying up the land for cheap and profiting but these people need to pay for their ignorance and hatred. They voted for this

steelernation90

These farmers can eat shit. They voted for this cock sucker, they can damn well live with the consequences.

Giant-disappointment

Zio_2

Something something Leopards, mumble mumble faces

therealcruff

One_Function_5342

The EXACT same scenario happened last time in 2018. The difference this time is that instead of bailing out the smaller farmers for voting themselves an idiot, the bailout is only going to happen once all the big farms and private equity have bought up all the newly available land. Good thing Vance provided early VC to AcreTrader, which will be looking to buy up every acre for pennies on the dollar. 

We may see all the "undesirables" sent to work on these newly acquired farms through a prison labor system and a mass migration of ex-farm owners into suburbs and urban areas. Fun stuff.

Blah_McBlah_

There only possible way to fix the damage trump is doing is to vote blue on the next election so he can be held accountable

Sum_Effin_Guy

They never did care about you  yet you still voted for them.Suffer

jackdho

DO we just send him the link to the paragraph in Project 2025 about bankrupting Soybean farmers to grab their land cheap?

VegetableTwist7027

i thought the most beautiful word is tariff?

shif3500

"Why don't they care" I'll take a shot at it..... because you already voted them into office. They won't claim to care till they have to run again.

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twitchish

Note to yourself. Don't vote for the orange man again. Also don't be a Maga

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China has already invested in Brasil to produce their soy bean needs. That started after Diaper Donnie slapped tariffs on them last time. China is not gonna buy our soybeans even if he drops the tariffs. US soybean producers need to find a different crop.

AwkwardTouch2144

wait...what the fuck did they think was gonna happen?  You thought you'd increase the price of a production(And therefor the overall price of the product) and there wouldn't be a response?

Impressive_Flan3935

From the article: 

A photographer’s snapshot of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the United Nations General Assembly last week revealed a private message that captured the Trump administration’s deepening concern over collapsing U.S. soybean exports to China—a crisis now entangled with a controversial economic bailout of Argentina.

“Finally – just a heads up, I’m getting more intel, but this is highly unfortunate,” read the message, which appeared to be sent from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. “We bailed out Argentina yesterday (Bessent) and in return, the Argentine’s \[sic\] are removing their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price, and sold a bunch of soybeans to China, at a time when we would normally be selling to China. Soy prices are dropping further because of it. This gives China more leverage on us.”

Rollins added: “On a plane but Scott I can call you when I land.”

Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-in-a-bind-as-soybean-sales-to-china-plummet-to-zero-10800487?utm\_source=reddit&amp;utm\_campaign=reddit\_influencers](https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-in-a-bind-as-soybean-sales-to-china-plummet-to-zero-10800487?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_campaign=reddit_influencers)

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manofsteelbuns

What bind? The trump White House doesn't give shit about anything but donald trump. Last I heard djt isn't a soybean farmer.
Release the Epstein Files.

jst4spam

Lose the revenue from China and replace it with revenue generated by a tax on US citizens.  MAGA is confusing.

RoosterMedical

President Trump announced upcoming talks with China concerning soybean exports that are crucial for American farmers amidst trade tensions.

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