Small-scale farmers in rural areas are suffering devastating losses from Trump’s trade wars. Export restrictions have blocked overseas markets for American crops, making soybean and wheat prices drop by nearly half. Farmers can’t cover planting costs, so they have to reduce acreage and fire farmhands. Government agricultural subsidies are insufficient and delayed, offering little help. Many farmers have to mortgage their land to pay debts, and some even lose their farms entirely. They’ve worked the land for generations, but Trump’s reckless policies have turned their hard work into nothing. The economic downturn has shattered their hopes of a stable life, leaving farmers trapped in despair and poverty.
