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[Slo]

It's hurts the people who were dumb enough to vote for Trump. Do it.

It hurts a lot of the rest of us too.

 

[Winterblink]

FTFY

I think it's awesome that Mexico is standing up like this. Trump's rhetoric so far has been bullying, and while I'm not saying there aren't issues with the US immigration policies (full disclosure, I'm from Canada and we're not perfect either) sticking a fucking wall up is not the answer in the modern age.

Countries can take advantage of global economic opportunities when faced with this kind of shit.

 

[SpecX]

No but when the next election comes up, the voters will know who tanked the economy and will be more likely to vote Democrat.

Republicans could decide not to nominate him as their runner and put up another candidate. Highly unlikely, but if things do look bad for them to continue with him for re-election, it's an option.

 

[Gr1mLock]

Good luck with that.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

When the corn farmers lose their jobs and/or farms they'll still somehow blame Mexicans for taking all the jobs.

 

[Goro Majima]

No but when the next election comes up, the voters will know who tanked the economy and will be more likely to vote Democrat.

I remember when we all thought the Republicans learned their lesson back in 2008 during the economic crisis when Bush's approval rating was incredibly low and the Democrats swept everything.

Then 2010 happened and showed us that Republican voters didn't learn shit from anything.

If the red states hurt from something that Mexico does in response to Trump, those voters will just blame Mexico. All of right wing media will make Mexico look like the problem also.

 

[theWB27]

When the corn farmers lose their jobs and/or farms they'll still somehow blame Mexicans for taking all the jobs.

They kind of can't without looking foolish since the administration is deporting while they prep that wall.

 

[Nordicus]

When the corn farmers lose their jobs and/or farms they'll still somehow blame Mexicans for taking all the jobs.

Trump starts using rhetoric that the corn farmers were ENTITLED to the AMERICAN jobs that Mexico RUTHLESSLY STOLE from them! BULLY GOVERNMENT!

 

[FStubbs]

I hope they do it. Trump is the kind of bully who keeps doing shit until you hit him hard.

He'll still probably keep at it, but he won't be able to do much if the Republicans turn on him.

Spoiler: They won't and red state voters won't.

 

[Nafai1123]

Between this and deporting hard-working undocumented workers Trump is going to cripple our agricultural industry. Get ready for sky-high food prices across the board.

 

[YaBish]

Nebraska and Iowa are fucked.

 

[FStubbs]

Nebraska and Iowa are fucked.

Nebraska will keep voting Republican though.

 

[Already Torn]

Nebraska and Iowa are fucked.

Maybe that's okay

 

[YaBish]

Nebraska will keep voting Republican though.

As somebody who was born in Omaha, the only marginally blue area in the entire state, trust me... I know.

 

[Zetta]

Welp I guess Trump can always make the wall out of corn seeing as how there won't be a shortage for some time. It sucks that this effects people who didn't vote for Trump but this is the only way Trump supporters will get it through their thead that they F'd up.

 

[D i Z]

Nebraska and Iowa are fucked.

How much funding are they getting from blue states and the fed? They keep biting the hand that feeds them, but that's not going to last forever with their voting that undermines all of that for them, and Cheeto Supreme beefing with California.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

We can use it at the corn palace:

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Please. Pretty please. Dai, make the call.

 

[Hyperactivity]

https://www.statista.com/statistics/254292/global-corn-production-by-country/

The USA produces a shitload of corn. Like way ahead of any other producer.

 

[SilentRacoon]

Good, they don't deserve the market from the very same people they loathe and discriminate against, they would rather vote into office the man who fucks over everyone instead of letting everyone thrive together, fuck them.

 

[Fenderputty]

This would no doubt affect corn prices but I don't think this is going to be the crippling blow to the midwest some of you are dreaming of.

We only export 13% of all the fucking corn we grow and Mexico only takes 23% of that.

23% off all our corn exports isn't a small amount.

 

[n00bsauce87]

Politics 201

You gotta think on a higher playing field than dollars and cents.

 

[NervousXtian]

This would no doubt affect corn prices but I don't think this is going to be the crippling blow to the midwest some of you are dreaming of.

We only export 13% of all the fucking corn we grow and Mexico only takes 23% of that.

That's still a crazy amount of money for places to be stuck on a product that's already pretty saturated.

 

[Chumly]

This would no doubt affect corn prices but I don't think this is going to be the crippling blow to the midwest some of you are dreaming of.

We only export 13% of all the fucking corn we grow and Mexico only takes 23% of that.

Corn and soybeans are half the price they were 4 years ago. If 3% of the market vanishes it's going to have a bigger impact than you think.

 

[taco543]

Action, meet reaction.

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[Nafai1123]

23% off all our corn exports isn't a small amount.

2 billion dollars according to Google (8.7 billion in corn exports)

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I say do it. Living in Iowa we still have some corn.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

get em

Correct on all accounts. Do people really think corn prices wouldn't skyrocket in Mexico?

This is like China saying they won't import food anymore.

Exactly
This is just posturing that won't go anywhere

How to tell your post was bad

 

[Hyperactivity]

this is so dumb. even if other countries subsidize their corn production its really no match for american corn that's heavily mechanized and efficient that they wouldn't be able to compete unless they start ramping up their production which would take years. basically mexicans get to pay more for corn and i'm guessing mexicans spend a higher percentage of their income on food. american farmers are hurt and loses out on a essential export source but the corn could be used to make ethanol or exported to somewhere else but it actually makes corn prices cheaper for domestic consumers because of over supply. maybe they'll even sell the corn to brazil then brazil would resell it to mexico because of the price logistics.

all this looks like is two egos Trump and Nieto selfishly making trade decisions without regard for their own people.

Our corn subsidies are already really ridiculous, and wasteful.

Corn is actually a really fucking terrible and inefficient crop for ethanol fuel production. Outside of the US and Brazil (sugarcane ethanol), you don't see many countries even producing ethanol fuel of any type.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_energy_balance

Of course, I can't wait for the US to again decide that corn is a crop they need to invest more into

 

[Supast4r]

I refuse to feel sorry for White Republican voters, regardless of how dumb and poor they are.

Fuck 'em. Go Mexico.

This is my stance as well. I don't feel bad for ANY trump voter who regrets their decision.

 

[HTupolev]

We could compensate by boosting our corn subsidies by a couple billion dollars.

 

[Grenouille]

Mexico is one of the top buyers of American corn in the world today. And Mexican senator Armando Rios Piter, who leads a congressional committee on foreign relations, says he will introduce a bill this week where Mexico will buy corn from Brazil and Argentina instead of the United States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq7n283fRXE

Thank you mr trump!

 

[mreddie]

How bad is this? Really?
Can it fuck over the US?

 

[Lonely1]

We could compensate by boosting our corn subsidies by a couple billion dollars.

The wall just got a couple of billions more expensive!

 

[Crosseyes]

We could compensate by boosting our corn subsidies by a couple billion dollars.

Unfortunately this is a probably a very real way this would go here in Iowa.

Then all of a sudden, "Oh no! A budget shortfall! Better raid funding for education!"