I'm perplexed by this as well. It's not like the farmers didn't understand the impact of China on their business -- they've been their largest customer for year

I'm perplexed by this as well. It's not like the farmers didn't understand the impact of China on their business -- they've been their largest customer for years. So why vote for someone who says upfront that they're going into a trade-war with China, pissing off your farm's biggest customer and likely leading to retaliation in the form of cutting back on purchases. Not to mention that China retaliated once before by cutting back on soybean purchases during Trump 1.0. I'd be curious to understand whether the farmers 1) were ignorant of the consequences of a trade war with China, 2) understood the ramifications of a trade war but didn't think Trump would start one, 3) knew it could happen but were lied to by Trump that he would somehow "protect them" (how?), 4) knew Trump would start a trade war and understood this would piss off their biggest customer but didn't care because "trans athletes", "immigrants" or some other culture war cry was worth risking their farm over Baffling.