Current Events > Farm state lawmakers, including Republicans, blame Trump for new China tariffs

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https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/farm-state-lawmakers-including-republicans-blame-trump-china/story?id=54236049&__twitter_impression=true

Senators from major soybean-producing states in the Midwest, including Republicans, are steaming over Chinas threat to impose tariffs on U.S. soy exports, blaming President Donald Trump's aggressive actions against China for the trade retaliation that could hit farmers and ranchers particularly hard.

The Chinese tariffs would almost certainly hit farmers and others who voted for President Donald Trump harder than those who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Of the top 10 soybean-producing and exporting states, eight voted for Trump and only two for Clinton.

The new penalties are largely seen as retaliation for the tariffs the Trump administration announced against China, the largest purchaser of American soybean exports. In addition to steel and aluminum tariffs, the White House also announced Tuesday additional tariffs on Chinese electronics and other technology-related items.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, whose home state was the second-biggest producer of soybeans exports in 2016, the last year such Department of Agriculture statistics were available, said he had warned the president of exactly this sort of retaliatory move during a White House meeting in February.

The Administration knew that if it imposed tariffs on Chinese goods, China would retaliate against U.S. agriculture, Grassley said in a statement. Today shows thats exactly what happened.

Grassley added that although the United States should defend its interests against foreign countries who arent playing by international trade rules, farmers and ranchers should not bear the brunt of any trade war.

Lmao get fucked. I hope sticking it to minorities and the LGTBQ community under the guise of "economic anxiety" (protip: This is what actual economic anxiety looks like) was worth it, Trump holsters
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China is specifically targeting red states and/or areas that voted for Trump for their tariffs. Good strategy.
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Opinions regarding Trumps tariffs are broken down along regional lines moreso than party lines. If anything it shows Trump isnt some partisan hack and makes decisions with all Americans in mind
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All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

This is true as well
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DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.
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Its affecting their bottom line, so I understand why they're upset. Same for manufacturers affected by the import tariffs on steel and aluminum.

A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Is that why Republican politicians have been taking the L even in states like Alabama? Makes sense nothings changed
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Keep the salt coming, Republicans. We can all feast on that.
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It's kind of funny that people are still pushing the "Hurr Trump Tariffs are tanking the economy!" rhetoric after the stock market has skyrocketed the last two days.
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A ton of agricultural markets are gonna get fucked. Guess which country buys all of the parts of the pig/cow/etc. that Americans don't eat?
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r4X0r posted...

It's kind of funny that people are still pushing the "Hurr Trump Tariffs are tanking the economy!" rhetoric after the stock market has skyrocketed the last two days.

Does "soared" mean still haven't even made up the difference from when he announced the steel tariffs?
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FrisbeeDude posted...

Senators from major soybean-producing states in the Midwest,

Damn I thought we got a 51st state named Farm
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Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Is that why Republican politicians have been taking the L even in states like Alabama? Makes sense nothings changed

Correct, their lip service is part of the reason why they keep getting rejected.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

Opinions regarding Trumps tariffs are broken down along regional lines moreso than party lines. If anything it shows Trump isnt some partisan hack and makes decisions with all Americans in mind

Opinions regarding Trump tariffs are:

Trump supporters: heh heh, take that liberals! Oh, and China too

Everyone else: This is fucking stupid

Say that to blue collar steel workers who can now have security in their jobs and better opportunities in their industry thanks to these tariffs. But hey, I realize you dont actually give a shit about anyone and just here to rail on Trump.
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Kazi1212 posted...

Say that to blue collar steel workers who can now have security in their jobs and better opportunities in their industry thanks to these tariffs

yeah all 20 of them lol
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Kazi1212 posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

This is true as well

no its not and there are statistics to prove it
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r4X0r posted...

It's kind of funny that people are still pushing the "Hurr Trump Tariffs are tanking the economy!" rhetoric after the stock market has skyrocketed the last two days.

Republican senators are now just people lmao
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A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Don't respond seriously to DE.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Is that why Republican politicians have been taking the L even in states like Alabama? Makes sense nothings changed

Correct, their lip service is part of the reason why they keep getting rejected.

Huh? But I thought you said Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. How are they voting along party lines then if theyre rejecting these Republican politicians? You see the contradiction yes?
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Bullet_Wing posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

Say that to blue collar steel workers who can now have security in their jobs and better opportunities in their industry thanks to these tariffs

Do you have any actual statistics of this helping people?

How can we have statistics of the effectiveness of these tariffs when they literally just started days ago? Lmao what kind of stupid question is that

Are you asking me if experts think these tariffs will help the steel industry workers? If thats the case theres many economists who feel that way, the WaPo even published an article regarding the likelihood of those potential benefits
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This is one I read recently:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/07/what-trump-gains-from-steel-tariffs/
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r4X0r posted...

It's kind of funny that people are still pushing the "Hurr Trump Tariffs are tanking the economy!" rhetoric after the stock market has skyrocketed the last two days.

How exactly are you defining "soaring"?

Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Is that why Republican politicians have been taking the L even in states like Alabama? Makes sense nothings changed

Correct, their lip service is part of the reason why they keep getting rejected.

Huh? But I thought you said Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. How are they voting along party lines then if theyre rejecting these Republican politicians? You see the contradiction yes?

You do know you have to 13 years old to post here, right? 13 year olds shouldn't need the concept of lying and dishonesty explained to them so explicitly.
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A_Good_Boy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

Kazi1212 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

All this does is make Democrats look bad. Republicans have the integrity to speak up when they disagree with a Republican president.

You'd never catch a Democrat disagreeing with Obama. They just mindlessly slob his knob.

Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. There's nothing new happening here.

Is that why Republican politicians have been taking the L even in states like Alabama? Makes sense nothings changed

Correct, their lip service is part of the reason why they keep getting rejected.

Huh? But I thought you said Republicans have been expressing outrage in public at Trump yet still voting along party lines ever since his inauguration. How are they voting along party lines then if theyre rejecting these Republican politicians? You see the contradiction yes?

You do know you have to 13 years old to post here, right? 13 year olds shouldn't need the concept of lying and dishonesty explained to them so explicitly.

Can you explain how this response is connected or relevant to my posts in that quote block? Im genuinely curious, I dont see the connection
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Those poor soybois will not be able to get their milk.
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