ICYMI: The Trump Administration Rubs Dirt in the Wounds of Struggling Farmers Arrow

It turns out that Trump's White House "completely understands the anxiety of farmers." "As for any specific actions," though, there are no plans to help them. Let's be clear: The "anxiety" farmers have over the financial outlook is a direct result of Trump's reckless trade war, which has put farmers on the brink of bankruptcy and skyrocketed the U.S. agricultural trade deficit to a record high - and for what? Trump could reverse his reckless economic policies today - but he won't, because he'd rather satisfy his own ego.

In response, DNC People's Cabinet Member and founder of The Back Forty Will Westmoreland released the following statement:

"I've said it time and time again: Donald Trump's second term has been devastating to rural America and the farmers and ranchers that feed this country. He can say all he wants that he 'loves farmers' and that he'll 'never do anything to hurt our farmers,' but the truth is that his reckless tariffs are causing farmers to suffer as they struggle to figure out how to sell their crops and avoid going bankrupt. Trump has completely abandoned our farmers."

Thanks to Trump's reckless trade war, family farmers are struggling to keep their finances from falling apart. Family farms are going bankrupt at the fastest pace in five years, farm debt is projected to increase 5% and hit a record high of $591.8 billion this year, and agricultural economists say the crops sector is already in recession. To add insult to injury, Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is financially profiting from farmers' pain.

While families are already struggling to put food on the table as grocery prices continue to skyrocket and the job market tanks, Trump's billionaire-first budget bill made the largest cut to food assistance in history for millions of Americans.. Farmers and families are feeling the pain of Trump's policies - Trump knows it and doesn't even care.