“Disaster”: Trump Voters Suddenly Realize How Badly He Screwed Them

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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President Donald Trump has more support in rural America than any U.S. politician in decades, and farmers remain overwhelmingly loyal to him. Yet with Trump’s tariffs unleashing a trade war and China striking back with retaliatory tariffs, farmers and their representatives have declared again and again and again that this will be absolutely brutal for them. As one put it, if farmers don’t get a government bailout, they will face “a disaster.” Another says farmers are “shocked.” Meanwhile, nearly a third of Republicans fear Trump’s tariffs will have a negative impact, and fewer than half say Trump’s policies are making them better off. We talked to Tom Schaller, the co-author of the book White Rural Rage, who explains why farmers are set to get screwed so badly, what all this says about the nature of rural support for Trump, and how Democrats should capitalize. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:03.9	The wreckage from President Trump's sweeping new tariffs is only beginning, and some of the leading victims could be Trump's own supporters.
1:12.0	China has slapped enormous retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, and the last time this happened during Trump's first term,
1:19.0	U.S. farmers got absolutely slaughtered. Now there are indications that Trump's escalating trade wars could be a whole lot worse for farmers this time around. So is there a point at which
1:24.8	Trump's own supporters could turn on him over the damage he's unleashing?
1:29.0	What other Trump backing constituencies could get clobbered here?
1:33.0	We've got a great guest to explain all this today.
1:35.8	Tom Schaller, who co-wrote the book White Rural Rage with Paul Waldman.
1:40.9	Really good to have you on, Tom.
1:42.8	Great to be here, Greg. Thanks from write me.
1:45.1	So according to multiple reports, farmers around the country fear that Trump's trade wars could be much worse for them than last time.
1:53.1	China just said they're going forward with retaliatory tariffs of 34% on U.S. imports.
1:59.1	China's aiming directly for politically sensitive sectors for Trump,
2:03.0	like agriculture and industry. A lot of that's in Trump country. Tom, what do you make of this?
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