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In reply to the discussion: Trump: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that [View all]Ol Janx Spirit
(451 posts)The point is to highlight the lie that he is actually trying to make America great when he gives billions of dollars to a foreign country that is undermining our own farmers--and the fact that he does not even care that he is doing it.
I live in a rural area where farmers in this part of the country were democrats not that long ago. They've bought into the culture wars, sure--but they are also people that do not like to be lied to and do not want to lose their livelihoods to the whims of a NY billionaire with a tariff fetish that's never had to mortgage their farm in the hope of making it to the next growing season.
Sure, most of what the Tangerine Traitor does has no effect on their opinion, but taking away their markets through tariffs and then bailing out their competitors after those same competitors dropped their own tariffs in an attempt to take that market away from them entirely is a pretty important fact that we need to make sure they are aware of.
I get that you disagree--and that is your prerogative--but there is an old but true adage in advertising: 90% of your advertising dollars are wasted; you just don't know which ones. With many of the tools available today getting some of these things out there does not have to cost a fortune to reach people, but it does take making the effort. Conservatives are currently doing a much better job of getting their message out over social media. There is zero excuse for Democrats to be behind in this regard.