U. S. Farmers Being Decimated by Trump's Policies
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 1:25 am
Kurt Severinsen
Former Director Procurement at Ooredoo Qatar (2012–2015)Updated Jul 30
The U.S. farm collapse just got worse. 88 percent of exports wiped out in days. How will Americans put food on the table?
This is what economists including myself tried to explain months ago. The USA voted for a man whom they knew was incompetent and a criminal proven in court many times.
I have no pity for farmers or anyone else being hit by this. They were happy that people working for government being sacked until they realized it meant themselves too. They cheered when migrant workers were snatched indiscriminently from the streets until they saw that crops could not be harvested. They loved tariffs until it dawned on them they are not paid by “evil foreigners” but by themselves. And so on.
It was all predictable but USA rode on a wave of hate, revenge for things that never happened, arrogance and ignorance.
They sowed the whirlwind and it turned around and hit themselves.
And this is just the beginning.
Former Director Procurement at Ooredoo Qatar (2012–2015)Updated Jul 30
The U.S. farm collapse just got worse. 88 percent of exports wiped out in days. How will Americans put food on the table?
This is what economists including myself tried to explain months ago. The USA voted for a man whom they knew was incompetent and a criminal proven in court many times.
I have no pity for farmers or anyone else being hit by this. They were happy that people working for government being sacked until they realized it meant themselves too. They cheered when migrant workers were snatched indiscriminently from the streets until they saw that crops could not be harvested. They loved tariffs until it dawned on them they are not paid by “evil foreigners” but by themselves. And so on.
It was all predictable but USA rode on a wave of hate, revenge for things that never happened, arrogance and ignorance.
They sowed the whirlwind and it turned around and hit themselves.
And this is just the beginning.