'No state has struggled more': Residents of 'Trump stronghold' blame him for epic downturn

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

October 26, 2025 9:45AM ET


There is one state that has struggled more than any other with Donald Trump's policies, and its residents are worried, even calling the situation "death by a thousand paper cuts," according to a new report.

The New York Times on Sunday published an article called "In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard," in which the outlet argues that the "state has become a stronghold for President Trump."

"Now, his efforts on trade, energy and immigration are squeezing farmers, disrupting labor and threatening industries," the report states. According to the Times, a lot of the problems Iowans are having stem from the Argentinian bailout to import more foreign meat.

"When President Trump announced a $20 billion bailout for Argentina this month, Larry Ory, 86, a farmer in Earlham, Iowa, could hardly believe it, especially after boatloads of Argentine soybeans began shipping to China, a once-critical customer for Mr. Ory's family," according to the new report. "For Iowans, losing China’s soybean market in the president’s trade war was only one of many economic shocks that have hit the state since the start of Mr. Trump’s second term.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iowa-2674233941/?utm_source=superhead

[raccoon]

1. That's good news.

[RockRaven]

2. If you voted for Trump, you are getting what you voted for... so Fuck Off!

[Captain Zero]

3. Maybe they should double down. Rump 2028!

Booyah!

[3Hotdogs]

39. Not to worry. If Trump can't run or is dead, Eric "Fredo" Trump just announced he is the candidate they were waiting for

to take Donald'a place.

I can't wait.

[ms liberty]

66. Did he really? Gums wants to be POTUS?

[3Hotdogs]

85. Said so, on Saturday.

[MarcoZandrini]

71. His dad,

Gary Busey, will be so proud

[3auld6phart]

75. They

will vote vote Diaper Don and other pukes in 2028…

[quakerboy]

89. they will

If we are even allowed elections going forward. Even if they eventually turn on trump.. they will still be all in for the next shrub or whatever the rw throws at the top of their ticket.

[MyOwnPeace]

13. 'Ya know - that can't be said strong enough!

These guys have been ramming SO much bullshit down our throats for the past 10 years - and the 'heart of America' has been swallowing it - and they keep getting f-ed over by it.
You know what?

"F" them!

They wanted him - you got him.

And 'thanks' for F-ing over all of us with him too!

[popsdenver]

47. He screwed the farmer over in his first term

but paid them off to cover his ass........He ain't gonna do it this time folks.......plan on your multi-generational family farm going bankrupt so some big commercial farming corporation can buy it off for pennies on the dollar.....

Same kind of thing that happened back in the Farm Aid debacle........

You reap what you sow, ho ho ho

You grew it, you chew it...........

And you were stupid enough to think that WE LIBERALS would be the only ones getting screwed. And you know what? YOUR nightmare is just beginning.....Katie Bar The Door, but it won't do you any good........

[BattleRow]

56. Never give a sucker an even break.

MAGA bumper sticker

[pandr32]

4. It's not like there weren't any warnings.

Sadly, too many fail to heed warnings until it directly threatens them.
Hopefully, now they will vote non-MAGA.

[RockRaven]

10. Trump tanked China's soybean buying in 2018 with his "easy to win" "trade wars"

so it isn't even a case of warnings. Trump literally did exactly this thing exactly this way the first time around. And then soybean farmers voted for him twice more (and counting).

What I am trying to say is: Don't get your hopes up about them voting non-MAGA.

[MyOwnPeace]

15. Agree!

"Hello - are you listening?"
How 'could' they consider electing:
* A WOMAN!?
* SOMEONE OF COLOR!?
*SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN!?

[BaronChocula]

24. They may not vote Dem

But they may not vote at all due to low enthusiasm. I'm crossing my fingers at least for that.

[calimary]

17. We tried HARD to warn EVERYBODY! Again and again and again!

Verbally AND in writing. We tried! We told the truth about him again and again, as often as possible! And they wouldn’t listen. Hell, they gave us grief galore for daring to speak ill of - well - call him what he is: The DEVIL.

[soldierant]

37. The problwm is that

they were all brainwashed to believe that we are all running pedophile rings out of basements. Why would they listen to us?

And yeah, I was yelling too - I made four different versions of this:

[calimary]

50. Well done!

I like your work - a LOT!

[soldierant]

62. Thanks.

I'm gradually turning them into "We tried to warn you." I've done this one - did it first because it was my personal favorite:


I love the flames.

[3catwoman3]

55. Not just basements - don't we have a child sex slave colony...

...on Mars?

[soldierant]

63. LOL! Could be - but I thought they qwew the one plannng to go to Mars.

[democratsruletheday]

80. It's ALWAYS the racism....followed closely by

the misogyny. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK them cuz they won't change and brought this upon themselves. Ignorant Aholes one and all.

[llmart]

18. Yes, and I hope that means JayDee Hillbilly won't get votes from these people.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. One of the nation's top producers of pork, soybeans, and bad karma. nt

[Scrivener7]

6. Welp ...

[regnaD kciN]

7. Womp womp...

[sakabatou]

8. "Nom, nom, nom," went the leopard

[Volaris]

83. Yep one more week. Theyre still in the tall grass, but i can hear them getting closer...

MAGA is still listening to Alex Jones tell them 'that's just the wind, pay it no mind.'

[mwb970]

9. We warned them.

FAFO, suckers. No sympathy here.

[hibbing]

11. As my state struggles too n/t

[Auggie]

12. Will it make a difference? Doubt it.

[Norrrm]

14. You Iowa farmers got what you wanted.... Trump in the White House.

[rambler_american]

16. That is a high price to pay

just to piss off the liberals. But take heart. We are all gonna suffer along with you so there's that.

[hadEnuf]

20. And without "the libruls" their farms would have been gone long ago.

Ignorant, Fox News brainwashed fools. Now you are really getting it with more to come. You are gonna see what right-wing Republicans have always thought of American farmers.

Should have read a history book instead listening to talk radio millionaires.

[FakeNoose]

23. It's shocking that some people in Iowa are really this stupid

[progressoid]

84. It's not just Iowa

Read comments on any news story or video. Listen to callers on right wing radio. Read comments on X or Freerepublic or (fill in the blank). It's frightening and a little disheartening.

These people have been fed lies for decades by the media, their church, social media etc. From Pennsylvania to Montana, red rural America has been manipulated and used.

[calimary]

33. Don't expect any rescue, MAGA Lady Suzanne.

Certainly none from your idol. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about you, now that he’s got your money. He may even try to con you out of more. But that’s what a liar and a cheater can be expected to do.

We tried to warn you. Hell, we tried to warn EVERYBODY.

[travelingthrulife]

42. Well, Suzanne, that's hilarious!

[orleans]

52. "i'm in tears and need urgent help" -- sounds like magat lady is grifting

boo fucking hoo

she should just keep remembering how much she laughed ( "it was hilarious" ) and how wonderful she felt pissing off the liberals while she goes blind.

maybe she can convince herself it was worth it.

[rampartd]

86. yep, i bet she has a go fund me scam.

[colorado_ufo]

61. Well, MAGA Lady, the good news is that it is Type 2 Diabetes.

If you watch your diet with extreme care, get some exercise, and live as healthy a lifestyle as you can (you are likely on food stamps, too, so good luck with that), you may be able to control your disease a bit without your medication. Maybe you can buy yourself enough time until Democrats can take back the House and maybe save your butt.

Not that you would ever say, "Thank you."

[Skittles]

19. FAFO

I really, really struggle to sympathize with the fucking ASSHOLES who inflicted that fascist fuck on us.

[republianmushroom]

21. Iowans just living and learning the hard way.

[MIButterfly]

22. And they'll still find a way to blame it on Biden or even Obama, certainly not on Dear Leader.

Never on Dear Leader.

[BaronChocula]

25. They blame him according to the headline

But that doesn't mean forgiveness is too far away. Those people are weird.

[MIButterfly]

28. They may blame it on him now, but they'll blame it on Biden or Obama as soon as Dear Leader tells them to.

I can just hear them now: "oh yeah, that's right. I forgot about that."

[Bread and Circuses]

26. They should bring their tracktors and arms to the White House.

I want to see what ICE does to them …

[LuvLoogie]

27. MAGA: Baited by bigotry headlong into idiocy and disgrace.

Now where the hell are my fucks?

Anybody seen my fucks?

[calimary]

30. Having some trouble finding mine at the moment.

[Aristus]

29. I don't know what to tell you, Iowa.

If you genuinely thought a cataclysmically incompetent businessman, sleazy reality TV show host, and pestilential morass of defective human protoplasm would somehow make a good President, then you deserve everything you get.

I would have empathy for you, but your old pal Charlie Kirk said not to.

[ColoringFool]

31. I Think Four Letters Sum This Up .....

FAFO.

Yep, four.

[truthisfreedom]

32. Nobody could POSSIBLY have foreseen ANY of this

*yawn*

I live on the Iowan border in blue Minnesota, and farm country is full of people who blame “the Covid shutdown” for everything wrong with America now. The ignorance… it burns.

[myohmy2]

34. it hurts...

...to be in love...

...

[myohmy2]

93. I didn't...

...mean to sound flippant above...we're all Americans...

...we're all in this together...

&list=RDJvBFlQNcwtI&start_radio=1

...

[NoNameGranny]

35. My mother told me

There's no cure for stupid!

All anyone had to do was listen, really listen, to what he was saying during the campaign. So now, those who voted for Trump are crying because they didn't think it would really happen - or they didn't think it would happen to them.
OR, they just didn't think! 🤔

[LonePirate]

36. I no longer have the patience or concern to deal with MAGA idiots any more. They wanted this. Let them enjoy it.

[Stacey Grove]

38. butter emails or laughter or something

EPSTEIN

[Cha]

40. Get Rid of Phony Joni Baloney, Iowans.

[travelingthrulife]

43. And as for Grassley...surely there is a pasture to send him to.

I figure Grassley has so many crimes to cover up he can never, ever retire.

[Doodles]

79. We hope!

And Reynolds and Grassley. It’s down right embarrassing to be from Iowa. At least in this college town, we are a blue dot on the map. There were lots of No Kings rallies all over Iowa. It was fun and being with like-minded folks. Gives one some hope. But not much.

[Cha]

94. Best of Good Luck to you, Doodles!

[Doodles]

96. Thank you!

Much appreciated!

[Cha]

41. Yeah, the Traitor to the USA is a REal

Sicko, Larry Ory... Welcome to Reality

[alfredo]

44. Trying to warn people but they wouldn't listen.

They believe the “apprentice” fiction of trump being an all wise businessman.

[nycbos]

45. To paraphrase this iconic clip from airplane...

… they voted for this they knew what they were getting into. I say, let them crash.

?si=bjmM32D2dED08irc

[OMGWTF]

46. Fuck T💩p and fuck you for voting for him. Fidiot!

[Initech]

48. Elections have consequences.

Stop voting republican. Stop watching Fox.

[oasis]

49. Don't go broke folks. Invest in Trump's crypto

scheme with what’s left of your family savings.

[calimary]

51. Oh yeah. That'll work.

[RussBLib]

54. Step right up, folks!

Million dollar minimum. Grab it while you can, folks!

[oasis]

60. Pool your funds with friends and neighbors.

In Trump we trust.😇

[dem4decades]

53. They'll wear their MAGA hats to their foreclosures, they're that stupid.

[IronLionZion]

57. Obama won Iowa twice, there was a time when it was blue

Make Iowa Blue Again

[NoMoreRepugs]

58. Unfortunately there are going to be millions and millions of these stories in the near future as people

go hungry and have no health insurance. If only they were all Republicans.

[AverageOldGuy]

59. They will still . . .

. . . vote for Republicans in 2026 and Trump in 2028.

[BidenRocks]

64. Iowa is #8 nationally

in intelligence.

They can't blame being stupid for their voting choices.

[xuplate]

65. Iowa is not a victim

It’s a collaborator.

[Javaman]

67. the leopards feast. nt

[NNadir]

68. I have never understood how a right wing state like Iowa is empowered...

...to play such a large role in "weeding out," Democratic Presidential candidates with those idiotic "caucuses."

Oh well. FAFO.

[Lonestarblue]

69. And what will they do in 2026?

Vote for the very Republicans who refuse to follow their oath of office and serve as a check on executive power. The Constitution gave the power to levy tariffs to Congress, not the president, but Republicans in Congress do nothing. They don’t even show up for work most days.

[Ray Bruns]

70. All I have too say to these people is

[dedl67]

72. I am eating a lot of tofu these days. I am trying to help you guys. Honest I am.

[Paladin]

73. Eat shit and die, trump voters. (nt)

[3auld6phart]

74. Oh dear

bet you are Kung Ho …I thevote him back i2028. I the diaper is still wasting O2 a nd space…

[Walleye]

76. I guess Senator Joni Ernst must be set for life because she doesn't care

[JT45242]

77. An an Iowa captive in blue dot Iowa City -- I have little sympathy for them as this has been more than 20 years coming

Iowa was once home to one of the best public school systems in the USA. The schools were well funded and for decades were scored among the highest on NAEP, ACT/SAT, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, etc.

TBH, the one good thing about moving here was better schools than any school district I could afford to live in when I was in Ohio.

but in the dozen or so years that I have lived here, the republican supermajority has moved Iowa from the pinnacle of education to funding students at rates lower than the deep south. They have sought to privatize and use vouchers to allow rich white folks to pull $$ from public schools. They rushed back to in-person schooling as a loyalty message to Mango Mussolini and Iowa had one of the highest death per capita rates during covid as kids brought it home and killed their grandparents.

They refuse to regulate how much pig feces goes into the watershed, because farmers (meaning large corporate collectives who have ruined the environment). The largest non-farming industry in the state is green energy and they keep electing people who are trying to kill it.

Zero sympathy for these idiots. I know it is going to make my life worse as well. But they voted for this.

[Doodles]

81. Another college town Iowan who nails it.

All of that is absolutely correct. As a teacher for 35 years I can attest to the education falling off a cliff. Very very sad. Also, hog farms destroyed small rural towns and small farms like my parents in western Iowa. They were surrounded by those horrible noxious behemoths. It’s always about money.

[BidenRocks]

95. I always wondered why all the tests in the 60s

were the Iowa tests.
One of those never forget memories.

[Martin68]

78. Awwww.

[dlilafae]

82. The Iowan Red Flakes

got what they voted for. Precisely! There is no thanks to millions of like minded people (such as those), who tasked us with bearing the consequences of their foolish decision-making.

[Jbraybarten]

87. They can demonstrate this by letting their R reps know & by voting against the GOP next year & beyond. Otherwise...

..they are full of shit.

[Queso Delicioso]

88. Good, fuck 'em.

Condolences to the innocent bystanders though.

[COL Mustard]

90. You voted for it, Iowa.

Enjoy the next three years!

[DFW]

91. With a little luck, maybe not completely

If Rob Sand can capture the Governor's mansion, he will offer Trump a polite Midwestern finger to suck on the moment he takes the oath of office. If anyone can pull it off, he can. He may not be as in-your-face to Trump as Janet Mills is, but he is smart enough to leave any encounter with Trump with Trump wondering what the hell just hit him.

[PJMcK]

92. See, voting has consequences

Wise up, Mr. Ory.