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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Farmers, who voted for President Donald Trump, are now feeling "helpless, frustrated, and angry" after the administration made cuts to services they rely on, according to the Washington Post. Vegetable farmers Jacob and Jennifer Thomas have taken more than a 10 percent hit to their bottom line after Trump "abruptly cut $1 billion from two programs that supplied local produce and meat to schools and food banks across the country." "The financial insecurity makes my depression worse," third-generation farmer Jacob Thomas told the Post. Many in the area voted for Trump, but the good feelings are starting to fade, giving way "to a growing sense of helplessness, frustration, and anger," the Post wrote. "For every farmer I've talked to, this has been earth-shattering and life-changing," Bryan Zesiger, a winemaker, told the Post. "I don't know what they were supposed to achieve, but from our perspective, you just hurt a lot of people." |
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