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Wright Thompson

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The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

They bought 5% of what they bought last year.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Those are the real numbers.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And so nobody's buying soybeans.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

The other thing is that the incredible investments in Brazilian agricultural infrastructure have brought Brazil up to like growing industrial crops.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

So that has driven the price down of cotton, soybeans, rice, and corn.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

I think the day Obama left office, the three industrial-sized cotton crops in the world were China, India, and the United States.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Now it's China, India, Brazil, and the United States.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Having all of these massive industrial-sized crops brought online...

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

directly because of tariff threats the first time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

I mean, it's taco.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

He always chickens out.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

But the damage has been done.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Like, if we elected an entire new government tomorrow, I mean, I don't know how long it would take to get those markets back.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And the prices aren't coming back for a long time.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

I mean, this is like a real existential threat for the American farmer.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And I don't think that government payments are going to get it done.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

Yeah.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

A lot of people are going oopsie because I think they just sort of thought that people just want to own the libs and sort of thought that this was all talk and nothing was going to happen.

The Bulwark Podcast
Wright Thompson: The Ghosts of Mississippi

And people are going to lose their family farms.