For years, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina depended on overseas buyers in China and Vietnam after domestic demand for premium hardwood declined. But when President Donald Trump launched his escalating trade war, the mill’s owners say the damage was immediate and ultimately irreversible. By July—just months after Trump declared his “Liberation Day” tariffs—they made the decision to shut the…
“I’ve lost my multi-generational family business in the span of one short year, but stand by my incompetent fuck-witted decision to vote for a man who wouldn’t piss on me if I caught fire.”