He doesn’t care
On October 17, Arkansas lawmakers passed a resolution saying farmers were “in need of strong leadership from President Donald J. Trump” and Congress to prevent the imminent closures of thousands of local farms. “This is going to affect the state of Arkansas in a very mighty way,” State Representative DeAnn Vaught, a Republican and farmer who introduced the resolution, told her fellow legislators before the vote. She likened the situation to “a tsunami coming.” The government shutdown arrived as farmers were already suffering from low commodity prices, Trump’s trade war, increased tariffs, and the expiration of the Farm Bill, several industry experts told me. Nearly half of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s staff has been furloughed, and local offices that help farmers access capital and other assistance have been closed since early October. Trump has promised to provide a bailout for farmers using billions of dollars collected from tariffs, but USDA officials have said plans for aid are on hold while the government is closed. Yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her agency would be reversing course and restarting several aid programs beginning Thursday. But industry leaders have predicted that up to a third of farms in Arkansas could be forced out of business before next year’s harvest without more federal intervention in the form of a multibillion-dollar bailout. Farmers in other states are facing similar pressures.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/shutdown-democrat-states/684653/
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