The tariff war hits home as Kentucky’s Bourbon Country grinds to a halt.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/57908322

Jim Beam is halting whiskey production at its historic Clermont, Kentucky, facility for most of 2026 in a major pullback that shows just how badly the bourbon business has soured. The distillery, which opened in 1935, will keep bottling what it has already made and let existing barrels age, but it won’t be producing any new bourbon, marking a complete reversal for an industry that bet big on continued growth. Export sales have tanked as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with Canadian purchases falling by as much as 85 percent during recent trade fights.

  • hume_lemmy@lemmy.caEnglish
    73·
    2 days ago

    “As a result of Trump’s tariffs”? Fuck no. As a result of Trump’s threats. He told Canadians their country wasn’t real and that he was going to take it away from them. Him and his followers implied that they’d kill as many Canadians as needed to do so, because nobody gives up their nation without a fight.

    You don’t buy fucking booze from people like that.

    • Typhoon@lemmy.ca
      24·
      2 days ago

      Media STILL refuses to acknowledge this is the real reason Canadians are not traveling to the US or buying their goods. They claim it’s the tariffs over and over again and in the case they even bring up the threats of annexation at all it’s only after the fact.

      Elbows up.

      • Hawke@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 days ago

        You’re completely right but the reason they don’t is because they see his threats as non-serious and assume that there’s no way they’d be implemented even if he means them seriously.

        Whether they are correct remains the be seen, and Canadians are absolutely right to take the threats seriously and stand up to the insanity.

        • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          2 days ago

          This is it. We don’t think any of that shits going to come to pass either but it’s the principle. We’re gonna act like it is going to happen until we’re sure it’s not

          • Hawke@lemmy.world
            2·
            17 hours ago

            Follow-up, it’s looking like the insane shit is entirely within the realm of possibility, given Venezuela.

            • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              14 hours ago

              That certainly does change a few things. Literally what’s stopping this guy sending seal team 6 to grab Carney until we agree to be 52st state

    • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      9·
      2 days ago

      Sigh. I’m jelly. When the president said I wasn’t real, I was told “don’t worry about it, our governor will protect all the trans people”

      • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        2 days ago

        Gather up all your friends and create your own sovereign nation, I’d suggest acquiring nukes asap. Unfortunately this is the only known solution to prevent authoritarians taking your shit

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 days ago

    Make America Great(depression) Again!

    And even using the same tactics, It’s seems these maga dipshits have never seen a history book but then they have likely never seen any sort of book.