On a quick drive around the small Ohio town of Delta, you can spot nearly as many Trump flags as American stars-and-stripes banners.
And at the petrol station near the Ohio Turnpike, the pumps bear relics of the last administration, with slogans slamming Trump's predecessor: 'Whoever voted for Biden owes me gas money!'
This is Trump country - the Republican ticket easily won here in November's presidential election by a margin of almost two-to-one. [snip]
"I don't want people in other countries to suffer, I really don't," said Mary Miller, manager of the Delta Candy Emporium, which sits in the middle of the village's Main Street. "But we need to have an even playing field."
Miller, a three-time Trump voter, believes other countries haven't played fair on trade. And like many here, she prefers to buy American-made goods. [snip]
"Sometimes you have to walk through fire to get to the other side," she said."
Read the entire article to appreciate how deep the delusional faith in the Malignant Fascist is among the rubes that voted for him multiple times, constantly against their own economic and social interests. Once the effects of the tariffs hit rural America -- agricultural, small business, and small manufacturing -- they might start to smell the coffee (if they can afford it), but that's far from guaranteed. For many of them, it's not so much a matter of the economy as it is a cultural, racial compact they think they have with the MF. That's been ingrained in them for many, many years.
Sometimes you have walk through fire to get to the cliff.
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