President Trump's strategy leaves farmers reeling by intensifying trade war with China: “I think Trump was trying to do the right thing, but the price keeps dropping.'
WATERLOO, Ill. — As Tim Bardole surveyed his farmland, the soil too wet to plant corn or soybeans because of a recent downpour, he remarked that there are very few rays of hope for most American farmers these days. While the weather continues to hamper the planting season, the news over the weekend that the United States and China had only moved further away from a trade deal was seen as another blow by the farmers.
"It’s one of those deals that hindsight is 20/20," Bardole said."If I knew a year ago what I knew now, I would’ve done things different. Maybe the administration’s negotiators would say the same thing."Johannes Eisele / AFP - Getty ImagesWith the most recent news of the intensifying tensions between the U.S.
But after multiple years of hardship, confidence in Trump’s negotiating tactics has begun to waver among some of his most ardent supporters.Kenneth Hartman, a fifth-generation farmer in Waterloo, Illinois, said he’s long been a Trump supporter and believes that China has undoubtedly taken advantage of the market. The agreement between the countries needs to be renegotiated to help American farmers, he said.
Scott Irwin, the Laurence J. Norton chair of agricultural marketing at the University of Illinois, said that farmer support for the president has suffered few cracks during his term in the White House, but this could be a real test for many of his supporters after years of financial strain caused, in part, by Trump’s aggressive approach.
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