-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email After last minute polling out of Iowa revealed Donald Trump may not win the deep-red state, the presidential nominee took to his social media platform, Truth Social , over the weekend to declare that no president has ever done more for the agricultural community than he has, dismissing the numbers as fake news from a “Trump hater.” “No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump,” he wrote.
“In fact, it’s not even close! All polls, except for one heavily skewed toward the Democrats by a Trump hater who called it totally wrong the last time, have me up, BY A LOT. He concluded: “I LOVE THE FARMERS, AND THEY LOVE ME.” However, a recent economic study suggests a renewed U.
S.-China trade war — something Trump has hinted at if re-elected — could impact “hundreds of thousands of farmers and rural communities,” potentially challenging the former president’s claim. Related “Do you believe Americans can afford higher prices?": Trump's food tariffs criticized in debate The study, which was commissioned by the American Soybean Associated and the National Corn Growers Association and conducted by the World Agricultural Economic and Environmental Services, shows American-imposed tariffs would come at a steep cost to U.
S. producers, all while benefiting South American farmers from countries like Brazil and Argentina. According to the American Soybean Association, many of the tariff.
