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TexasTowelie

(116,812 posts)
Thu Sep 26, 2019, 05:21 AM Sep 2019

City slicker Trump is no friend to Wisconsin farmers

New York real estate developer and reality-TV star Donald Trump says he cares about the farm families of Wisconsin.

That’s rich.

Trump can’t even find rural Wisconsin.

When the president swept into Wisconsin in July to talk about farm policy, guess where he traveled to try to explain away the farm crisis his policies have spawned? Milwaukee.

In Wisconsin’s largest city, the president announced that rural folks did not need to worry. “Some of the farmers are doing well,” he declared.

Read more: https://madison.com/ct/opinion/editorial/editorial-city-slicker-trump-is-no-friend-to-wisconsin-farmers/article_8a822b1f-dd24-575e-9ee4-7bd5aa293352.html

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City slicker Trump is no friend to Wisconsin farmers (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP
Imagine if they dressed Trump up in a pair of overalls to get that down home hayseed look brewens Sep 2019 #1
America's Dairyland? SCVDem Sep 2019 #2
 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
1. Imagine if they dressed Trump up in a pair of overalls to get that down home hayseed look
Thu Sep 26, 2019, 05:35 AM
Sep 2019

for a photo op! LOL "Here sir, I picked a weed for you to chew on to get a more authentic look!"

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
2. America's Dairyland?
Thu Sep 26, 2019, 12:49 PM
Sep 2019

That slogan may soon be on the auction block next to all the bankrupt dairy farms.

How are the ginseng, corn and soy farms doing without the Chinese markets?

So much winning!

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