Rural Trump Voters Won’t Regret Their Vote Until Democrats Fight for Them

Farmers, Trump’s core constituency, have taken the worst blow to his actions since taking office. For medium and large farmers, tariffs have sparked widespread anxiety that they are there Squeeze from both ends: They are high costs of inputs such as Canadian potash and steel for agricultural tools, combined with potentially dramatic losses in the market for soybeans, pork and other commodities.

In addition, the dismantling of USAID is nearly $2 billion We lost sales from our farmers. For small farmers, the end of farm-to-school and the local food purchasing program for food banks is Eliminates over $1 billion Fresh produce markets undermine efforts to provide healthy food to children and those in need.

And for farmers of all sizes, the suspension of contractual payments to farmers who have made conservation, soil construction, renewable energy and other improvements to other farms is devastating. at least Of these farmers, 30,000it is unclear whether each spends tens of thousands of dollars based on USDA commitments, whether the promised refund will be realized.

However, it is not only farmers who are screwed into them.

Workers and small business owners are increasingly worried about their livelihoods. Even before the latest tariffs Small and medium-sized businesses’ confidence Although he declined for all three months of Trump’s presidency, only one in five small business owners said he hopes that sales and business conditions will improve in the near future. That uncertainty leads to reduced investment and employment on the part of existing SMEs, resulting in fewer new business startups.

For workers at large corporations, the surge in organisations seen under the Biden administration is The barriers to anti-worker behavior From Trump. These include the layoffs of NLRB professional worker members, such as Jennifer Abruzzo. This was replaced by Crystal Carry, the attorney representing anti-union Tesla and Amazon. Trump also eliminated the $17 hourly minimum wage requirement for federal contractors, whilst working to completely dismantle unions representing federal workers.

Veterans, Who is it? Possibly living in rural areasthe double edit of Medicaid and Veterans Affairs (VA) is especially severely hurt. New York Times In addition to the layoffs, the VA reports being shaken by Doge’s sudden return to work policy. VA psychiatrists who have been counselling veterans remotely for decades must conduct sessions in open cubicles that lack privacy. Many of them have been stopped in protest.

10 million (nearly 1 in 5) rural adults rely on Medicaid, a program Republican We aim to cut $880 billion (Approximately 20% (The next ten years of the program). Already struggling rural hospitals and clinics Relying on Medicaid funds It’s floating. The past ten years Nearly 200 rural hospitals are closedleft the patient and was over 100 miles away from the nearest emergency room. Most of the country hospitals that remain open have The maternity ward has been eliminated. Reducing Medicaid spending will cause further hospital closures, already slightly burdensome Drug abuse, Mental healthand Indian Health service.

And it’s just that millions of consumers are struggling to interact with them. They not only continue to rise in prices, they have been attacked Inflation rate It was between 2.4-3% since Trump took office, but with the elimination of protection from junk charges from banks and credit card companies. The Republican-controlled Senate joins, and the Trump administration is Eliminate the late cap of $8 Founded towards the end of Biden’s term, businesses can once again charge exorbitant fees to those who don’t pay on time. High prices and junk banking fees become more difficult because of the low average incomes of rural and working class people.

Donald Trump carried the rural areas 40 Point Margin. He promised forgotten Americans to rule out the system, deal with the opioid epidemic, and bring the small town back to health and prosperity. More than most of his predecessors, Trump betrayed those who trusted him. He reversed the waves of destruction and needs to do what we on the left should do long ago. Opening doors to farmers, miners, truckers, home vacuum cleaners, car makers, working people (white, brown, black), he chose him. We don’t just need them to get Congress back in 2026. We need them to save our country.