For years, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina depended on overseas buyers in China and Vietnam after domestic demand for premium hardwood declined. But when President Donald Trump launched his escalating trade war, the mill’s owners say the damage was immediate and ultimately irreversible. By July—just months after Trump declared his “Liberation Day” tariffs—they made the decision to shut the…
i wasn’t attacking you personally, nor did i anywhere imply that you are a trump voter. so you should check yourself before you start accusing people of the “reddit mindset” while throwing around ad hominems.
the question of whether these people should lose their jobs-- well, if that’s what it takes to make people realize what an unmitigated disaster trump is, then yes. absolutely. if that doesn’t work, where do we go from there? martial law? security checkpoints? “papers, please”? we’ve already got american citizens not only losing their jobs, but being kidnapped and thrown into unmarked vans and deported to 3rd world countries they’ve never even been to.
so to reiterate my main point: fuck trump, and fuck trump voters. i’m glad they’re suffering