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Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies

  • Written by Kee Hyun Park, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, Nanyang Technological University; Institute for Humane Studies
Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidiesU.S. farmers, including those who grow soybeans, are under pressure from various Trump administration policies.Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images

Few political alliances in recent American history have seemed as solid as the one between Donald Trump and the country’s farmers. Through three elections, farmers stood by Trump even as tariffs, trade...

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