Catherine Rampell

hurt by all sorts of shocks that are, again, not policy driven, things like droughts, which we're also dealing with in parts of the country right now.

So all of these things have tremendously hurt farmers, which, as you point out, is historically one of Trump's core constituencies.

And then, of course, the war, right?

The war has accelerated all of this stuff.

higher diesel prices, higher fertilizer prices, everything has gotten more expensive.

So I think that's why you've seen a number of these kind of like, I don't know, sob stories or whatever, you know, this genre of news story where you have farmers saying, I thought he was going to help us and then he didn't help us and he's done all of these things and why can't he look out for us?

And it's really hard to know how much of it is about him not understanding the impact of his policies and

his just total indifference to the impact of his policies.

I don't know.

I'm sure there's stuff we're missing because there's always stuff we're missing.

Actually, can I make one call out?

I am working on a piece about the tariff refunds.

that are being issued or they've started trickling out.

And I want to hear from people who have applied for them or who are considering applying for them or who are afraid to apply for them because they're worried about retaliation.

I want to hear your stories because I'm trying to get a sense of how it's going out there.

Hi Amy.

Hey.

What if this was someone in your family that had a chronic illness that they could not get away from?

I was diagnosed with a rare form of sarcoma.

The most immediate findings indicated that I should lose my leg.