Trump’s Tariffs, Farmers’ Losses

Donald Trump promised to be a businessman president. What did we get? A trade war so reckless it kneecapped America’s farmers and handed their markets to Brazil on a silver platter. This isn’t “tough on China.” This is dumb on America.

We’re halfway through peak soybean season and U.S. producers are missing billions in sales - real money that should be supporting farm families in Iowa and Illinois, not filling the gap for foreign competitors. And why? Because Donald Trump slapped tariffs like they were bumper stickers, with zero strategy and zero concern for the people who’d pay the price.

The reality is simple: tariffs didn’t bring jobs back, they didn’t make China bend - they just broke the backs of American farmers. That’s Trump’s legacy in agriculture: lost markets, lost income, lost trust.