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The farmer listened during the 2016 campaign as Donald Trump, the real estate magnate turned politician, promised to end the North American Free Trade Agreement. Hemseath, a Republican whose industry relies heavily on exports to Mexico, chalked it up to political bluster, noted Hillary Clinton's anti-trade rhetoric and voted for Trump in November.
Now it appears the con artist is going to make good on his promise (probably the only promise he'll keeps since Hillary's not in jail and Obamneycare hasn't been repealed or replaced) and farmers, especially corn farmers, are wondering how long they'll survive if NAFTA is killed. What makes this issue especially hilarious is these same people, who voted against Hillary because she was supposedly anti-trade, were the same ones who cheered her husband when he implemented NAFTA in 1994. The trade agreement opened up $2.6 billion worth of corn trade alone to Mexico. When combined with $1.5 billion in soybean exports to Mexico and the $1.2 billion in milk trade, and the billions of dollars worth of other trade, this country stands to lose bigly if the con artist keeps plowing ahead.
As always, the excuses come out when asked about whether they regret their vote for the con artist. "But when you vote, it is a much bigger picture than that. It is not a one-issue vote." Which is why they cited Hillary's "anti-trade" rhetoric in not voting for her.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/trump-nafta-farmers/index.html
Now it appears the con artist is going to make good on his promise (probably the only promise he'll keeps since Hillary's not in jail and Obamneycare hasn't been repealed or replaced) and farmers, especially corn farmers, are wondering how long they'll survive if NAFTA is killed. What makes this issue especially hilarious is these same people, who voted against Hillary because she was supposedly anti-trade, were the same ones who cheered her husband when he implemented NAFTA in 1994. The trade agreement opened up $2.6 billion worth of corn trade alone to Mexico. When combined with $1.5 billion in soybean exports to Mexico and the $1.2 billion in milk trade, and the billions of dollars worth of other trade, this country stands to lose bigly if the con artist keeps plowing ahead.
As always, the excuses come out when asked about whether they regret their vote for the con artist. "But when you vote, it is a much bigger picture than that. It is not a one-issue vote." Which is why they cited Hillary's "anti-trade" rhetoric in not voting for her.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/politics/trump-nafta-farmers/index.html
