A national farm organization representing many of the same rural voters who helped put Donald Trump in the White House issued a scathing statement Friday accusing the president of “burning bridges” with trading partners and making the devastating trade war with China even worse.

″Instead of looking to solve existing problems in our agricultural sector, this administration has just created new ones,” said a statement issued by Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, which represents about 200,000 family farmers, ranchers and fishers in 33 states.

“Between burning bridges with all of our biggest trading partners and undermining our domestic biofuels industry, President Trump is making things worse, not better.”

Johnson said it’s “no surprise” that China is increasing tariffs on U.S. products because each time Trump ratchets up tariffs, “China calls his bluff.”

Johnson pointed out that U.S. farm income is down 50% since 2013, and soybean exports to China have fallen nearly 80% in the past three years as American farmers take on “record levels of debt” to weather the storm. “Once these tariffs kick in, things are likely to get worse,” he warned.