https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/breaking-the-heart-of-the-heartland. "The unavoidable reality is that things are really very bad in #rural #America. Moreover, the devastation hitting the heartland is squarely a consequence of Trump’s #actions... The #tariffs raised the prices of #farm #machinery, #chemicals & #fertilizer. The final straw was the loss of #foreign #markets to #rival #agricultural #exporters such as #Brazil."