Yet another edition of FAFO. This time a family owned sawmill in North Carolina, ravaged by Trump. Oh and they voted for Trump. They LITERALLY voted for the leopards eating faces party and are shocked that the leopard ate THEIR face.
Bloomberg did a whole podcast about this and conducted in depth interviews to talk about the impact Trump’s tariffs had on their community and their business.
Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina heavily relied on exporting its hardwood goods to both China and Vietnam after domestic demand slowed. But, Trump’s tariffs from his stupid trade war caused so much financial turmoil that the sawmill ended up shutting down for good in September, just 2 months after Trump’s so called “Liberation Day.”
Did I mention that they voted for Donald Trump?
It is a fascinating interview that covered a lot of interesting information, but here are some memorable quotes/comments that stood out to me:
WILSON: “ Liberation Day, it did, at the time, it had damn near liberated me from our business. And in essence, it has. I’m bitter about that.”
And then this exchange:
DONNAN: What took you over the edge here? What caused you to to, to shut this down?
WILSON: Honestly, the market conditions in relation to the retaliatory tariffs that we have in China. They put the final nails in the coffin.
