CNN, the New York Times, the BBC and other media have been talking to Beth (Fynbo) Benike of Oronoco this week as her business, Busy Baby, exemplifies U.S. firms hurt by escalating tariffs.

This one’s borderline but this line got me:

“You see in the comments of my videos people saying, ‘If you voted for Trump, you deserve this.’ It’s not anybody’s business who I voted for, but I did not vote for Trump. I am in a farm family and farmers typically are Republican,” she said. “However, as a 10-year Army veteran, I see the president of our country as our Commander-in-Chief. Whether I voted for him or not, it doesn’t matter. He is the leader of our country. I may not agree, but I’m not out here saying that Trump is screwing up my business. I’m not going to do that.”

Just so close to understanding, yet so far away with denial.

She’s also started a go fund me apparently.

https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/15/busy-baby-founder-turns-to-crowdfunding-to-pay-china-tariff-and-keep-business-afloat/

  • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    So many vets take away the wrong thing from their service to supposedly this country. Fucking pathetic.