LACONA, Iowa (AP) When President Donald Trump levied tariffs on China that scrambled global markets, farmer Randy Miller was willing to absorb the financial hit. Even as the soybeans in his fields about an hour south of Des Moines became less valuable, Miller saw long-term promise in Trumps efforts to rebalance Americas trade relationship with Beijing.
The farmer plays the long game, said Miller, who grows soybeans and corn and raises pigs in Lacona. I look at my job through my son, my grandkids. So am I willing to suffer today to get this done to where I think it will be better for them? Yes.
But the patience of Miller and many other Midwest farmers with a president they mostly supported in 2016 is being put sorely to the test.
