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With the 2024 presidential election just three months away, President Donald Trump is focusing on highlighting the multitude of failures by the Biden-Harris administration, including how it has wreaked havoc on America’s farmers.
In a Truth Social post, the 45th president wrote, “We have lost over 125,000 family farms since Crooked Joe Biden, and his even more incompetent Vice President, Crazy Kamala Harris, took over our government. THEY HATE OUR FARMERS, AND WANT THEM DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS – WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!! FARMERS FOR TRUMP = MAGA2024! VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!”
Last week, President Trump’s campaign launched “Rural Americans for Trump,” a new coalition committed to ensuring that “America’s heartland will not be forgotten or left behind,” according to the website.
During his presidency, Trump forged over 50 agreements across the globe to increase access to American agricultural products and boost exports.
Rural Americans for Trump Coalition National Chairman Charles Herbster expressed his support in a news release shared by the Trump campaign website.
“President Trump has done more for rural Americans than any President and will continue to deliver for the people of this country, once we work together to ensure him a win back to the White House,” said Herbster, a fifth-generation farmer.
“President Trump understands the critical role the United States’ rural and agricultural community plays in feeding not only its citizens, but the world. President Trump knows how important rural Americans are to powering the U.S. economy,” he continued.
“I am excited to continue working with our agriculture and rural leaders across the county, and I am proud to stand with President Trump to defend the everyday rural American against Kamla Harris and the radical left,” Herbster concluded.
A February report from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) showed “141,733 fewer farms in 2022 than in 2017.” Additionally, farm acreage drastically decreased, with the report showing over 20 million farming acres lost.
AFBF President Zippy Duvall expressed an urgency for congressional action after the report’s release and noted that “increased regulations, rising supply costs, lack of available labor, and weather disasters” were responsible for the losses.
