Donald Trump is rebuffing calls from red state, rural-representing Republicans to back off his trade war with China and they aren’t happy. After Trump announced steel tariffs, China struck back by loading tariffs on an agriculture-heavy list of soybeans, tobacco, fruits, nuts and more. All would cause huge losses in solid red “Trump country.” Trump is again digging even deeper, threatening to ratchet up the trade war with even more tariffs. From Politico:

President Donald Trump once again ratcheted up the tension in his ongoing trade dispute with China on Thursday, threatening to slap tariffs on an additional $100 billion in imports from one of the United States’ largest trading partners.

So, how are the agriculture-heavy states reacting? They are downright angry. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska didn’t hold back in his comments.

Congressional leaders representing farm states have also been worried about the tit-for-tat promises of retaliation. On Thursday, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska accused Trump of not have a realistic plan for reining in China’s trade problems. Trump is “threatening to light American agriculture on fire. Let’s absolutely take on Chinese bad behavior, but with a plan that punishes them instead of us,” Sasse said. “This is the dumbest possible way to do this.”

Trump’s trade war may spur mega job losses nationwide, including in the United States Congress. From the Washington Post: