Source: The Atlantic
by David Frum
“American farmers are pleading for exemptions from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. … But farmers do not deserve special treatment and should not get it. Tariffs will indeed hurt farmers badly. … Farmers are different from other Americans, however, in three ways. First, farmers voted for Trump by huge margins. … Second, farmers have already pocketed windfall profits from Trump’s previous round of tariffs. … Third, farmers can better afford to pay the price of Trump’s tariffs than many other tariff victims. … if a farm family voted for Trump, believing that his policies were good, it seems strange that they would then demand that they, and only they, should be spared the full consequences of those policies.” (04/02/25)