One Trump-voting farmer in Iowa says that a year into the president’s second term, she’s open to switching parties.
In a segment looking at voters’ feelings in Iowa ahead of the midterm elections, CNN’s John King spoke with Shanen Ebersole, a cattle farmer from Kellerton, who said that some of President Donald Trump’s actions since last January have left a bad taste in her mouth.
Originally a Nikki Haley supporter, Ebersole ended up voting for Trump, thinking that his policies would help her family farm. After a year, she said she did feel better about the economy and the number of illegal border crossings under Trump 2.0. She gave him an overall performance rating of 3 out of 5.
However, she has been frustrated by his $20 billion Argentina beef bailout, which has put domestic farmers like her in a tough position, as well as his bizarre plan to take over Greenland.
“I don’t agree with that in any way, shape, or form,” Ebersole said, referring to Trump’s proposed Greenland takeover. “We need to take care of the 50 states that we have.”
Asked by King whether she would be open to voting for a Democrat, Ebersole emphatically replied, “Of course.”
“I think that you have to vote for the person who best meets your goals,” she said. “Every time we are met with a new election cycle, I am open-minded.”
“We want change,” Ebersole added. “We need more freshness.”
She said she believes that members of Congress, concerned with their own money and power, are forgetting family farmers like her, and she wishes there were more room for compromise across party lines on important issues like healthcare.
“I wish Washington could get along like cows,” she said. “They need to find a way to get along for us, because that’s what we, the taxpayers, pay them to do.”
Trump’s actions in office throughout his second term have left many Americans scratching their heads.
The 79-year-old president has threatened the integrity of NATO, the world’s strongest military alliance, with his repeated threats to acquire the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland, a conquest he refuses to rule out using military action for.
“One way or the other, we’re gonna have Greenland,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Jan. 11.
Trump revealed on Sunday in an unhinged letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that his ambitions for the world’s largest island are linked to not winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, for which he was not eligible.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS,” Trump wrote back to the Norwegian leader, who has no say in the selections made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.”
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