Trump’s farmer bailout caps tough year for loyal constituency

Mike Phillips has spent the past year reconciling his vote for Donald Trump with the uncertain future of his farm in central Iowa. The 72-year-old has been farming for five decades and tills 2,000 acres of soybeans and corn. Trump’s tough talk on trade has always appealed to Phillips, who thinks China’s relationship with American farmers desperately needs a reset. He voted for Trump in each of the past three presidential elections. He believes in GOP farming policies because “we’ve been burned so bad by the Democrats.”