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Chapter 1: What are Trump voters realizing about their choices?
And for some of these individuals, I was able to dig up some footage on them from Trump administration number one, where they were complaining about Trump policies. Yet, They voted for him again in 2024. And now that he's on the eve of putting in place these executive orders that can totally screw over their businesses, they're like, can you not do that? But maybe do this one. Let me explain.
There's this article. First, I'll share with you from Bloomberg. Here's a guy, his name is Tony DiMari. He's from Florida. He's a tomato grower over there. And he said he voted for Trump. He says he loves Trump's idea of slapping tariffs on Mexican farmers who undercut him by paying workers a fraction of what he does.
And he wants to stop illegal border crossings and likes the idea of deporting migrants convicted of serious crimes. But When it comes to Trump's broader promise to expel all 11 million undocumented people living in the country, Damari thinks it would be a disaster for American farmers. Can we pause there for a second? Damari, listen, nobody wants convicted felons and criminals and terrorists here.
How do you fall for that red herring? Not like President Biden and Democrats are like, let's get the terrorists here. That's just total and utter BS. President Biden put in place exactly what you are asking for, Damari, a comprehensive immigration bill that would have had the strongest borders invested.
millions in border patrol officers, but would have also recognized exactly what you want here, which is some form of recognition and pathway towards citizenship for the hardworking migrants who are here, who are contributing to the economy, not the criminals. But you know who killed that Bill Damari? It was Donald Trump who killed it. Here's what Damari says.
He goes, quote, we have to secure our borders south and north. Duh, we're all good with that. But you have to have a workforce in this country. Duh, it sounds like you're talking about what? Comprehensive immigration reform? But I thought that's socialism or too woke. Isn't that what y'all were saying during the campaign?
Damari, whose family has 4,000 acres of tomato farms in Florida and California, goes on to say, quote, there's no doubt that this is going to restrict and put pressure on farming and and many other industries that rely on this workforce. But Damar, I have to say this.
So you're okay with certain tariffs on Mexico, targeted tariffs there, but you realize what Trump's asking for is across the board tariffs. And so if you tariff Mexico on that, Don't you realize that Mexico is just going to retaliate against people who you're probably friends with as well? Automobile industries and plastics and just other things.
If you tariff Canada, don't you think they're going to retaliate? What about your fellow farmer brothers and sisters who export stuff to China and other countries or Europe that Donald Trump's threatening as well? If they impose retaliatory tariffs, wouldn't it make them suffer? I mean, can't we think comprehensively right here?
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Chapter 2: How are Trump's policies affecting farmers?
We support some of your rhetoric, but when it comes to our businesses, you're going to kill and destroy our businesses. I, I wanted to show you this too, because this baffles me. I just went back through the archives. I looked up about, you know, Damari and I saw there was this, he, he was interviewed CBS, uh,
Back in 2020, in April 2020, where he was talking about how there was so much supply of tomatoes that he had and he couldn't find a market for it. That was during the kind of the heart of COVID. And so it's like, you know, Damari, what are you doing? You realize this guy is going to do this. It's just it doesn't make any sense to me at all.
Just watch this clip from CBS and you can see it for yourself. Let's play it.
Demary has five packing companies around the country. He had to close his Homestead Center a month early, leaving nearly 10 million pounds of tomatoes to go unharvested.
The clock is ticking, and every day that goes by is another box of tomatoes left in the field to rot.
And while all of that is happening as well, You then also have all of these red states where people over way more people in the red states are on food stamps, government assistance. Their health insurance is entirely tied to the Affordable Care Act.
And they're voting against their own interests right at the same time President Biden on Friday as his kind of parting gift talked about lowering more prescription drug prices for Medicare. You've got Donald Trump doing all of this. So, look, I don't – I hate the – I don't take pleasure in the find-out stage. I don't like Americans suffering. I don't want these businesses to get hit hard.
I want people to prosper. I want Damari to do well. I want these people to do well. Even if they voted for someone who I don't want them to vote for, I don't wish ill will on Americans at all. It's just we're in the find-out stage. Anyway, hit subscribe.
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