Donald Trump Vows To Undo Anti-Farm Policies If Reelected
By Kristin Myers on July 12, 2023 at 6:00 PM EDT
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail and telling his supporters that he will undo anti-farm policies if he is re-elected.
On Tuesday, the former POTUS took to his Truth Social platform to retweet the news of an article that reported that he would undo Biden's agricultural measures "in hours" if he returns to the White House.
Donald Trump Wants To Undo Anti-Farm Policies 'In Hours' If Reelected
Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday to meet with supporters and put a heavy focus on the state of agriculture in the United States, as per Newsmax. Trump made his remarks in front of a packed Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, which is separated from the Nebraska border by the Missouri River.
"I'm proud to be the most pro-farmer president you've ever had in the White House," Trump said. "We did more for American agriculture than any administration in history by far, and that's been pretty much acknowledged." He went on to say, "Under my leadership, our Department of Agriculture cut seven old regulations for every new regulation, saving farmers and taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year."
Trump also claimed that he did more to promote Iowa ethanol than any other sitting president and named the executive order for E15 fuel that increased the number of gas stations where E15 can be sold. The fuel is a mix of gasoline and ethanol and is now available year-round. "I like to say very strongly and proudly I fought for Iowa ethanol like no president in history, and ethanol ... like no president," Trump said.
Trump Vows 'To Cancel Every Biden Policy That Is Brutalizing Farmers'
According to the outlet, Trump went on to say, "Within hours of my inauguration I will cancel every Biden policy that is brutalizing our farmers and our country. I will end the Biden assault on ethanol; I will end and stop Biden's inflation nightmare." The comments earned him the biggest round of applause of the day.
"When China targeted our farmers — you know about this very well because you were targeted at a level nobody had ever seen before — I gave those farmers $28 billion straight out of the tariffs that I was taking from China," Trump said, adding, "I got Japan to slash or eliminate tariffs on over 90% of U.S. food and agricultural exports. The European Union agreed to nearly triple its beef imports and opened its markets to American soybeans and other things you people grow so beautifully."
