Donald Trump opened the door to 300,000 metric tons of lower-tariff foreign beef, promising cheaper groceries while American cattle farmers get served a steaming plate of America Last.
Andy sits down with Georgia cattle farmer, retired Army brigadier general and congressional candidate Shawn Harris to talk Trump’s beef import plan, the war with Iran, responsible gun ownership and the South’s one true religion: football.
00:00 - Format Changes and Introduction
00:55 - Meet Sean Harris: Candidate for Georgia District 14
04:31 - Trump's Beef Import Announcement and Its Impact on Cattle Farmers
07:00 - The Iran War,
11:33 - Rural Communities as Testing Grounds for Policy
14:29 - Trump, Iran, and the Jimmy Carter Parallel
16:08 - The Stock Market Is Not a Rural Economic Indicator
21:49 - Farmers, Voter Accountability, and Political Change
23:54 - From Republican Ask to Democratic Candidate
27:00 - Gun Rights, Southern Democrats, and Breaking the Stereotype
31:24 - Football Season as an Economic Indicator
35:00 - Kitchen Table Economics
39:21 - The Gurkha Knife: A Story from Afghanistan
44:07 - Campaign Plug and Closing
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