Trump Is Screwing His Voters So Badly that It Shocked this MAGA Farmer

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Not long after President Trump floated a $20 billion financial bailout for Argentina, he proposed importing beef from Argentina to bring prices down in the United States. This angered American beef producers and produced a backlash from farm-state Republicans. But the most interesting response came from Meriwether Farms, a beef producer in Wyoming that promises to “preserve the traditions of American ranching.” Meriwether posted a long lament on Twitter, professing “love” for Trump but urging him to change course. Meriwether warned that Trump was on the verge of an “absolute betrayal” of the “American cattle rancher” and of “the very people who put food on the table for us.” Does this mean Trump is screwing his own supporters so badly that they’re finally getting angry about it? We talked to Matt Hildreth of RuralOrganizing.org, whose own family has been in farming for generations. He explains the perfect storm of terrible policies hitting Trump’s rural supporters, discusses whether this will help Democrats rebound in those areas, and details how the party is changing its organizing approach in them. 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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0:45.9	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:48.2	I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Not long after President Trump announced the $20 billion financial bailout idea for Argentina,
1:03.1	he floated the proposal of purchasing beef from Argentina to bring prices down here in the United States.
1:09.6	This enraged American beef producers. It also produced a backlash
1:14.3	from farm state Republicans. But to our mind, the most interesting response came from a Wyoming
1:20.3	farm, which posted a long lament on Twitter, professing love for Trump, but urging him to change course
1:27.3	and warning of a deep betrayal.
1:30.2	Is Trump finally screwing over his own supporters so badly that they're actually getting angry about it?
1:36.7	And what does that mean for this political moment? We're talking about all this with Matt Hildreth,
1:41.9	a Democratic operative who runs rural organizing.org
1:45.0	and whose own family has been in farming for generations, including in cattle farming.
1:49.9	Good to have you on, Matt.
1:51.5	Thanks for having me. I always like to be here with you.
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