The Orange TACO has pissed off trading partners throughout the world. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for him this past presidential election. Here’s the result in Kentucky:

In the spring, Kentucky farmers planted millions of acres with soybeans, corn and other crops, and hoped a heated trade war with the top importers of American agricultural goods would not last long. 

It is now fall, and Kentucky farmers are beginning to run combines through their fields. They will harvest soybeans, Kentucky’s top crop, from an area twice the size of Rhode Island.

But the trade war has persisted, and a deal has yet to be struck between the U.S. and China, the world’s largest buyer of soybeans. As of mid-September, China had not placed orders for U.S. soybeans for this year’s harvest, instead turning to producers in South America.

China isn’t going to back down. The xenophobia of the current presidential administration has turned the United State into a pariah nation. And other countries are going to strike back at the people who put him into office.

During the 2024 presidential election, farming-dependent counties overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump. Almost 78% endorsed his most recent presidential run, and a similar — albeit slightly smaller — percentage backed Trump in 2020.

But President Trump’s early 2025 policies are hurting farming communities. And now, some of those voters may be regretting their decision.

The other thing that farmers don’t seem to realize is that when they lose their farms because of their votes, the people they voted for are going to sell their land to foreigners:

Amid rising concerns over foreign ownership of US land, Vice President JD Vance is facing renewed criticism over a potential financial link to AcreTrader, an agricultural investment platform.

The controversy first began in October 2024, when social media accounts supportive of Vice President Kamala Harris circulated a viral post alleging that Vance profits from a company that “helps investors outside of the United States snap up real estate deals,” including American family farms. The post accused Vance of “getting rich” through AcreTrader while putting personal profit over nation’s interests.

The criticism has resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter), where users echoed the sentiment. “If anyone wants to buy Texas, US citizenship isn’t required,” one user quipped sarcastically. “You should contact JD Vance, he’s an investor in AcreTrader,a company that sells US farmland to Americans and foreigners. I’m sure he’ll hook you up for the right price.”