Trump Economy Kills 1 in 3 Jobs in MAGA Town

Monday, December 15, 2025

Residents of Lexington, Nebraska are panicking after the town's largest employer announced it would be shutting down operations early next year.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 10:31 AM | 25 COMMENTS | permalink

Tyson Foods' decision to close a beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.

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-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Nov 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Comments

Point and laugh at the magat scum

Enjoy poverty

#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-12-13 11:48 AM

Lexington, Nebraska is the perfect location for the rotting orange chomo to hold his next klan rally.

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-13 11:48 AM

They already are, almost 17% are below the poverty line, compared to NE 9.9%.

#3 | Posted by mattm at 2025-12-13 12:07 PM

Of course the county voted overwhelmingly gop.

Advice: be still while the leopard eats your face.

#4 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-12-13 03:44 PM

Luckily, positions have opened up for vegetable pickers and ICE recruits.

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-13 05:02 PM

Why aren't the MAGAts crowing about pedo 47's great economy these days?

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-13 07:22 PM

Y'all got what you voted for.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-15 10:58 AM

Remember when Republicans claimed Biden was going to ban beef? Good times.

#8 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-12-15 01:41 PM

Pedo 47 is as efficient at killing jobs as he is at killing DC cops.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-15 02:03 PM

#7 | Posted by Nixon

The article doesn't fully describe the situation. It does talk about the businesses owned by former employees but it doesn't talk employees. The problem is at these places they are already full of immigrants and not MAGA, worth noting virtually all are documented, that came specifically for jobs they could get. They typically aren't voters yet. Probably 2/3rds of the work force or more of the facility are immigrants going off what I have seen documented in articles over the years. There will be undocumented workers too.

#10 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-12-15 02:13 PM

Not really surprised that none of them want to talk about this.

#11 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-12-15 05:03 PM

Trump hasn't been a friend of this industry but this is Tyson being the greedy beef packer they are. They are dealing with a 75 year low inventory of cattle but this trend was headed here for a while.

Are any of you crying for Tyson? Really?

#12 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:16 PM

Not really surprised that none of them want to talk about this.
#11 | Posted by Whatsleft

They want to talk about who the libs are really crying for.
So yeah. Not really showing much appetite for talking about the issues.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:19 PM

Trump was a bad decision. Please don't take the lazy route and accuse me of defending Trump.

But what was Harris going to do to prevent this from happening?

You'll have to display your expertise in the cattle markets and beef production....and how it led to the closure of this facility.

#14 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:38 PM

www.reuters.com

I'm positive nobody wants to blame any of this on Biden.

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:44 PM

"But what was Harris going to do to prevent this from happening?"

Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM

Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM | Reply

You don't say.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-12-15 05:46 PM

-Harris would not have attacked the agricultural sector with deportations and tariffs.

That's not why Tyson is closing this plant. It's the reason for a ton of turmoil in the ag sector but this was going to happen regardless.

#18 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:49 PM

BTW, there are 2 separate packing plants operating down the road....I suspect some of these workers will get hired pretty quick.

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 05:55 PM

thehill.com

Better article on this issue.

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 06:00 PM

"But in the long run, beef prices may continue to climb even higher than the current record highs " caused by a variety of factors from drought to tariffs " unless American ranchers decide to raise more cattle, which they have little incentive to do."

Harris could provide incentives for ranchers to do that. Trump... wouldn't understand where to begin even if Pinche told him personally. Ranchers are even bigger divas than farmers, that might be part of the problem here. Trump, being a Diva on a global scale, has little patience for all those small-time divas.

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-12-15 06:02 PM

Here is an article on why the cattle inventory is so low and how congress could address it.

www.deseret.com

It's not a singular reason why the herd sizes have dropped but it's one of them.

#22 | Posted by eberly at 2025-12-15 06:10 PM

It's a rural town so it was already forgotten about by the left since they want to eliminate all rural towns. And their gross profit has declined significantly since 2022 so this was already the trend, especially considering the scandals they have been involved in. Trying to blame Trump for the failures of Tyson management, while truly idiotic, is not surprising coming from the left. Trump does so many things wrong that this is EXACTLY why TDS was coined. No POTUS ever needs help illustrating his failures. It is only the people who live with the POTUS in their mind rent-free that have a syndrome where they can't stop being negative all the time and demonizing everyone who thinks differently from them.

#23 | Posted by humtake at 2025-12-16 12:10 PM

#23 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE

Sorry you lost your job.

#24 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-16 12:40 PM

#23 | Posted by humtake

The ignorance is priceless. Rural towns have dwindled as a part of the move away from an agriculture based jobs in society. Urban areas are where jobs are concentrated for good reason. I am not going to debate they seem forgotten to the politically illiterate but most Democrat policies are a positive for them unlike what they believe.

#25 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2025-12-16 05:23 PM

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