LEMON DROP | Farmers Are Turning on Trump & MAGA!

The Don Lemon Show

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Society & Culture, News

4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Don sits down with Missouri agroforestry farmer and friend of the show Will Westmoreland, along with a panel of farmers from across the country, to talk about how Trump’s policies are hitting rural America where it hurts most, in their fields, their businesses, and their livelihoods. After the election, headlines painted farmers as a monolith that overwhelmingly backed Trump. But the truth is more complicated and many farmers, including some who once supported him, are starting to see just how damaging MAGA’s policies have been for their communities. From tariffs to trade, subsidies to soil, this is an honest look at the people growing our food and what happens when politics plows right through the heartland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to discuss today with this fine panel that I have here, how farmers are being affected by not only by the Trump tariffs,
0:21.0	but also by the government shutdown.
0:23.1	And they are really hurting right now.
0:25.1	Joining me now is Will Westmoreland.
0:26.4	He is a Missouri agroforestry farmer,
0:29.2	a political consultant and a good friend of this show.
0:31.9	Today, he has brought me a panel of farmers
0:33.6	to speak about how Trump's economic policies have affected them.
0:41.2	Nick Levindofsky is here, Kansas farmer.
0:45.6	James Bowden is a Kansas beef producer.
0:51.0	Anne Schragel is a Minnesota row crop farmer and Frank Barnett's.
0:52.9	It's a Missouri beef producer.
0:54.9	How did I do on the names? Perfect, but again.
0:56.0	I did okay.
0:58.2	Thank you so much for joining.
1:01.1	We've been hearing a lot.
1:02.0	You know, we're going through a lot.
1:03.9	All Americans are.
1:05.3	Folks are about to lose some of their government benefits,
1:08.5	and they're going to find out.
1:09.8	Open enrollment is happening soon so
1:13.3	i'm going to start with you anne what's going on how are farmers feeling about the state of this
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