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The Trump DICTATORSHIP. – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness, CXXXIV. – Do YOU Like To Eat Food???????

~ tomdolen


***. “Wooden-headedness consists of assessing a situation in terms of preconceived, fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. It is acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be confused by facts.”
[ Barbara Tuchman ]

This post deals with the. STUPIDITY. and. DESTRUCTIVENESS of Trump DICTATORSHIP policies toward American agriculture. Read this and pray. – pray YOU will have enough food. Read comments by farmers, here and elsewhere, that show how Trump DICTATORSHIP policies could sabotage the production of YOUR food.”

This post features excerpts from. “FARMS FEAR FALLOUT OF IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN”. [Emma Nelson, Trey Mewes; Minnesota Star Tribune; 2/10/26]:

3]. “Even before Operation Metro Surge began in December, ag leaders like Land O’ Lakes CEO Beth Ford warned that President Donald Trump’s hard stance on immigration could stoke a farm labor crisis. Workers were already in short supply, and the industry was grappling with the fallout from federal trade and agriculture policies that have reduced incomes and raised costs.” [!!! read this again, slowly. This is Trump DICTATORSHIP stupidity defined]

5]. “A group of 27 retired ag and government officials recently wrote a letter to members of Congress warning of a “widespread collapse” of the agriculture industry. “Mass deportations, removal of protected status and failure to reform the H-2A visa program are wreaking havoc with dairy, fruit and produce and meat processing,” the bipartisan group wrote. “Those disruptions are causing food to go to waste and driving up costs for consumers.” [[this is called self-sabotage – or, STUPIDITY enacted to serve stupid ideological goals]

7]. “John Rosenow owns a 700-cow dairy farm…He said 13 of his 18 employees are Mexican green card holders….if federal agents were to detain his employees, he would immediately reach for the cattle buyer’s phone number…”We would have to get out of here within a day..” [YOU think Trump might want to talk to John Rosenow?????]

*** “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” [ Proverbs 29: 13 ]

1] “Minnesota farmers are worried they won’t have enough hands to tend livestock and manage crops this year, a consequence of…targeting undocumented workers from Latin America who keep U.s. agriculture churning.”

2] “ICE has recently raided dairy farms…and crop growers are worried they won’t have enough temporary visa holders to work the fields come spring.”

4] “If people employed on farms are afraid to come to work, or if ICE were to detain and deport many of them, it could spell catastrophe for Minnesota farms across the global food supply chain.”

6]. “Minnesota faces a growing worker shortage as its population ages and the state can’t afford to go without immigrant workers, he said….Communities are shrinking…”This situation is the worst thing that could have happened in Minnesota in this particular moment, in terms of the demographics.”

*** “Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.]
[ Thomas Jefferson; 1821 ]

8] “Some Minnesota farmers are responding to stepped-up immigration enforcement by supporting local immigrant families who are hiding and unable to work….”They thought this administration was going to leave them alone…Farmers are definitely upset.”

9] “LIke the central cities, Minnesota’s farm regions face an economic hit that is coming in focus. With immigrant workers afraid to leave home, farmers who depend on their labor and Main Street business owners who count them as customers are falling behind>”

10]. “When farmers can’t plan with confidence for the season, the entire farm-to-market pathway becomes really fragile,” Schneider said. “It’s really hard to recover from those kinds of shocks.. Ultimately, farmers’ ability to raise animals and harvest crops is about the most basic need: putting food on the table.”

***. “I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman’s cares.” [ George Washington; 1794 ]

{ NOTE: 10-15 years ago, a Wisconsin farmer decided he HAD to recruit and employ Mexican workers on his farm. – BECAUSE. – no native-born Americans would do the work. This is NOT an isolated statement. But, it IS a statement on the INCOMPETENCE. of the zealots running the Trump DICTATORSHIP. If YOUR. food prices go up even more. – ask about labor shortages on American farms and ranches. And, KNOW, from ALL evidence, this will be a consequence of the Trump DICTATORSHIP’s war on the people who produce. YOUR. food. }

The Trump DICTATORSHIP – Stupidity, Cruelty, Corruption, Craziness. XXXXVIII – Trump Betrays Rural America

~ tomdolen

*** “Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.” [ Socrates ]

On of the most callous violations of the American people by the Trump DICTATORSHIP has been its betrayal of rural America, a group of citizens who largely put Trump in the White House. We begin SOME of the evidence of this massive stab in the back with. “Six Ways Trump’s Budget Will Hurt Rural America” [Michael Chameides; The Progressive Populist; July, 2025] – followed by 14 more examples:

1] “It guts rural healthcare. The bill would drastically cut Medicaid and impose new barriers to care…In some states, 50% of rural children get healthcare from Medicaid.”

2] “It takes food off the tables of rural people. The plan includes approximately $290-$319 billion in cuts to SNAP…More than 15% of families in small towns and rural areas rely on this support to feed their families.

3] “It shifts costs to state and local governments. State and local governments in rural areas depend more on federal funding from programs like SNAP and Medicaid than other states.”

4]. “It takes away local control….this bill would overrule state and local laws and ordinances.”

5]. “It ends clean energy and infrastructure funding….Ending these tax credits will increase household energy costs, which are already higher in many rural communities.”

6] “It gives handouts to agribusiness and mega farms…Leaders in Congress are using the budget reconciliation process to give big farms a $50 billion windfall…more family farmers would lose their farms.”

“In short, this bill would make it harder for rural people to meet their basic needs – all so the wealthy and corporations can avoid paying their fair share of taxes like the rest of us do.”

Now – on with 14 more examples of how Trump betrays rural America – headlines. Read if you must.:

1] 2/16/25 – “Trump’s Funding Freezes Are Bruising Core Constituency: Farmers…Cash They Banked On is Now Not Showing Up”. [Linda Qiu, Julie Creswell; New York Times]

2]. 5/1/25 – “Feds slash funding to aid rural factories…Program a vital lifeline for small businesses” [Dee Depass; Minnesota Star Tribune]

3] 5/4/25 – “Rural America may go hungrier” [ Jose Andres; Washington Post Weekly ]

4]. 5/4/25 – “A Montana town fears Trump cuts…Leaders warn losses at federal employers there may result in ‘safety and economic consequences’ ” [Karin Brulliard; Washington post Weekly]

5] 5/1/25 – “Rural Letter Carriers Gather in Washington, D.C. to Oppose Privatization of the U.S. Postal Service…would mean degradation of postal services and an increase in cost for those living in rural and remote areas” [Julia Tilton; The Progressive Populist]

6] 5/1/25 – “Amid Threat of Massive Funding Cuts, Rural School Administrators Work Overtime to Balance Uncertain Budgets” [Lane Wendell Fischer; The Progressive Populist]

7]. 2/15/25 – “Rural America Has Enough Problems; Why Create New Ones?” [Alan Guebert; the Progressive Populist]

8] 5/1/25. – “Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Rural America Hard” [Alan Guebert; The Progressive Populist]

9] 6/30/25. – CBS Evening News. – Trump cuts adverse effects on rural America: 8,000 small farmers hurt; rural food deserts; people lose their only hot meal of the day

10]. 7/6/25. – “Looming farm crisis, by the numbers” [Edward Lotterman; St. Paul Pioneer Press]: “U.S. agriculture is on the brink of a financial shakeout that will be the worst since the farm crisis of the 1980s….The problem is…farmland prices have risen..to unsustainable levels just as the farm commodity prices are set to fall because of a U.S.-initiated trade war against the rest of the world.”

11] 7/19/25 – “The Tyranny of trhe American Farm lobby” [Michael Grunwald; New York Times]: “The domestic plicy bill..President Trump signed..accelerates the egregious bipartisan tradition of showering taxpayer dollars on well-off farmers…His tariffs will increase the price of imported food. His immigration crackdown will increase the price of domestic food by threatening the farm labor work force.”

12]. 7/19/25. – “After Decades of Trying, G.o.P. Guts PBS and NPR”. [Jim Rutenberg; New York Times]. ***!!! Access this article. Note on page 1 – two maps for radio and TV – and these categories on U.S. maps: “cities with vulnerable stations; affected ZIP codes; counties with limited local news access.” These “communication deserts” are ALMOST ALL. in rural America. Contact YOUR local PBS/NPR station to find out what services of vital information. [like flood warnings!]. YOU are going to lose.

13] 7/1/25. – “Medicaid cuts will close rural hospitals, worsen health crisis”. [Aaron Brown; Minnesota Star Tribune]: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” “..is neither fiscally conservative nor reform-minded. it’s an expensive slurry of tax cuts for the rich and President Trump’s political grievances….This hurts everyone…All patients, rich or poor, working or not, will suffer because you can’t use fancy insurance at a hospital that doesn’t exist. You can’t work there, either. Small-town hospitals are typically the largest employer in their region.””

14] July-August, 2025. – “Farm Reduction…The Trump administration’s assault on small farmers” [Teresa Cotsirilos; Mother Jones]: “Trump’s chaotic first months back in office – his flurry of orders, tariffs, cuts by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency {DOGE} – have sent America’s farmers into a tailspin. Few farms were spared, but smaller and newer ones have been disproportionally harmed..”

***. “Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man.” [ Daniel Webster ]