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“We love the farmers, we love everything about your state,” President Donald Trump told his audience at a rally being held in a barn in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday.
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Rallying for his party ahead of the midterm elections, Trump described the Republican party as the only option for farmers. He said Democrats’ policies are “just outstandingly bad” and “really bad for the farmer.”
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Trump reiterated his confidence that the war in Iran will soon come to an end and gas prices will fall.
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“As they say in the farming business, we had to take care of business,” Trump said.
The president flew to Wisconsin to talk agriculture with farmers but spent large stretches of his speech talking his recent efforts to spruce up Washington.
Trump extensively detailed efforts to improve the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool and fountains around the nation’s capital. At one point, he showed off charts that not everyone attending could see.
Even when he finally returned to comments about farmers, Trump said, “I’m up here today. I don’t need this. I got elected.”
He also added, “What the hell do I have to be here for?” while noting, “I could be home right now at the beautiful White House, enjoying someone else on television talk.”
The White House said Trump would be hitting the road ahead of November’s midterm elections to promote Republican candidates.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Trump’s visit to a rural swing district in Wisconsin shows he knows Republicans are in trouble in the midterms.
The stop on Friday for a farmer-focused round table in Chippewa Falls marks the first time Trump has visited Wisconsin in his second term. It comes just four days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. toured a dairy farm in the congressional district held by Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
“They know they’re in trouble,” Baldwin said of Republicans. “They know across the country they’re in trouble.”
Baldwin says Trump’s visit is “not going to do the job in convincing our farmers they are doing better than they’re doing. They know the reality.”
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