Trump and Mother Nature Threaten to Sink Rural America. What Does It Mean for Democrats in 2020?

Trump’s crowing about his having launched an unprecedented economic miracle rarely seen before belies the harms his economic and environmental policies are causing farmers, ranchers, and agro-businesses in America’s heartlands. 

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