Lobster industry caught in Maine’s political headwinds before US midterms
Senator Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson clash over tariffs and their impact on Maine's economy.
For half a century, day after day, he has taken his boat and headed into the cold waters of the North Atlantic off the coast of the US state of Maine, hauling the crustaceans from the ocean and bringing them ashore. From there, they are loaded onto trucks, sent to processing facilities and shipped to restaurants around the world.
Horner has voted for United States President Donald Trump three times and stands by his vote. He supports the president’s rollback of environmental regulations affecting commercial fishing operations like his own.
While he supports Trump on one policy, however, he’s disappointed in another – the president’s antagonistic approach to Canada, which borders Maine and is deeply entwined with the state’s lobster industry.
Jackson has been an outspoken critic of Trump’s tariffs, arguing that Collins has not done enough to challenge the president’s trade measures.