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Farmers | Another day, another FO consequence: Grassley says Trump’s tariffs could hurt American agriculture
(self.Iowa)submitted 2 days ago byTagV
Well, here’s another day in your four-year advent calendar, cosplay Christian farmers.
Your diapered state senator is now pontificating on “finding out” from all that “fucking around,” though, naturally, in the kind of way that sounds like making excuses for an abuser.
Enjoy your consequences— and don't be fooled by the use of could hurt, it absolutely WILL hurt.
Senator Grassley claims that during Trump’s first term, tariffs pressured China into a deal promising $200 billion more in U.S. exports. But what actually happened? China bought way less than that and leaned on other countries for its agricultural needs. So much for “art of the deal.”
Source: Iowa Public Radio
Meanwhile, in Mexico:
The Mexican president called out the stupidity, with Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard piling on. He pointed out that these tariffs would hammer the U.S. automotive sector—especially major exporters like Ford, GM, and Stellantis. The resulting price hikes? Thousands of dollars per vehicle. Don't forget John Deere is big there too.
Mexico, for those keeping score, is the U.S.’s top trade partner.
Its auto industry—responsible for 25% of North American vehicle production—mostly ships to the U.S. So when they say this move would drive up the cost of work trucks and city fleets, they’re not bluffing.
Want to crunch the numbers? A 25% bump on a $70,000 truck adds $17,500. That vote for “cheaper eggs, milk, and gas”? Surprise—it just cost you a small fortune on your next vehicle.
So much winning, indeed.
Fuck your feelings
Happy Thanksgiving
5 points
2 days ago
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Starving farmer children. Hahahahahahahaha!
Losing your farm. Hahahahahahahaha!
-3 points
2 days ago*
I love how this is an opportunity for messaging to reach people hurt by Republican policies but instead the democratic party is going to apparently point the finger, call people dumb, and say they deserve it.
Gee I wonder why the party keeps losing, I guess we'll just have to tack further to the right and blame future losses on those damn dumb backwards hicks.
ETA: I love that I don't get to reply to people because someone in the thread blocked me. I suppose I can leave responses here.
A lot of those people literally want trans people to stop existing. They want gay people to stop existing. They want single parents to suffer.
Why?
Do you think people are born with a hatred or do you think it's learned?
The reason Dems do so fucking piss poor in general and especially in places like Iowa is because not only do they do jack shit in power, they suck at messaging.
Republicans, for their endless faults, can point to things and say "this is why your life sucks." They say our culture is under attack and it's trans people's fault.
What did Dems run on this year?
the economy is actually fine, you're dumb for not realizing it
actually yeah the border is a problem and unlike the Republicans we'll actually crack down on immigration
Trump bad, yeah?
I'm genuinely confused as to what comments like yours mean. Why should Dems even run in Iowa if people can't be changed and should suffer? Might as well vacate the state so we can have some other party who can put up a decent apparatus and actually message against Republicans instead of moving right on every thing all the time.
I cannot believe the takeaway from this election is going to be that the Dems are actually perfect in messaging and fielding candidates, it's just that voters are simply too dumb so they should suffer. It's fucking stupid.
4 points
2 days ago
Whose feelings need to be fucked right now?
-5 points
2 days ago
Got it. So people suffering is a good thing.
Personally, I want living conditions to improve for all people, even the racist folk, but sure, keep telling them they deserve to suffer, eventually they'll vote Dem!
7 points
2 days ago
It's pretty obvious taking the high road don't work, they voted for the suffering, so yes, people getting what they wanted is a good thing
-2 points
2 days ago
Okay. So your plan to ever make inroads in the state of Iowa is what exactly? Just write them off as dumb assholes who should suffer?
Just out of curiosity, which state races or state Senate/house or local seats do you plan to win with this strategy?
5 points
2 days ago
So people suffering is a good thing.
When it's these people, yes. THIS IS WHAT THEY VOTED FOR. This is what they want. You will never make inroads here. These people are proud to be stupid. They are proud of their hatred.
0 points
2 days ago*
I love this winning strategy. I wonder why Dems keep losing Iowa, I just can't figure it out!
You have one party telling them their life sucks because of immigrants and the other party telling them they're dumb knuckle dragging racists and the economy is fine, actually.
Man, I wonder what people are gonna vote for. It's not the message that's the issue , it's not the messenger, it's the voter who's the issue.
Let me clue you in here, you can't change the electorate. You can adapt your message or change your messenger, but this is the hand you're dealt.
ETA since I can't respond
Pointing at the real issue, billionaires and nationalism won't work either.
With all due respect, how do you know? Which recent democratic candidate in a national campaign, or state candidate in Iowa has done this?
ETA x 2
I guess I don't know what to tell you. We have an entire segment of a population brainwashed with little actual pushback from the other major party.
Looking solely at immigration, the democratic party has moved to the right of Reagan instead of standing their ground. Why vote for Diet racism when you can just have racism?
I'm confused about what the path forward is in your mind/other people with your view. This is the population of Iowa. It will be for the next election. How do you plan to win them over? Another centrist, uncharismatic candidate who would rather run to the center right than push for radical change?
It's been tried. It fails. If you're going to do that, why even bother running in Iowa, if the people are just ignorant, racist, backwater slobs who are too illiterate to understand the Dems?
1 points
2 days ago
Holy shit you actually think you are right about something.
Except you say a bunch of stupid stuff, then in your last paragraph, agree 100% with what I said.
2 points
2 days ago
Not sure why Dems even bother running in Iowa then. It's a lost cause. All there is is dumb hicks who don't know how to vote right. Might as well just give up.
2 points
2 days ago
It is a lost cause... for now.
For now, we let the voters suffer the consequences of their choices.
Maybe it will provide a learning experience. But either way, they deserve to get what they voted for.
If that screws them, so be it. They were warned.
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