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riversedge

(70,474 posts) Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:55 AM Jan 2019

In Speech To Struggling Farmers, President Trump Promotes Border Wall

January 14, 20194:09 PM ET

President Trump spoke to the centennial gathering of the American Farm Bureau Federation Monday, cultivating ties to rural voters who were a key factor in his 2016 election.

"I'm proud to be a great friend of the farmer," Trump said, addressing the group's convention for the second year in a row.

The president drew applause as he recounted administration efforts to reduce regulation and save the very wealthiest farmers from the estate tax.
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Arizona rancher Jim Chilton, whose property borders Mexico, echoed the president's call for a new barrier.

"Mr. President, we need a wall," Chilton said, when he briefly joined Trump on stage.

Other farmers are more concerned with securing sufficient labor from south of the border.

"You need people to help you with the farms," Trump conceded. "I'm going to make that easier."

He did not elaborate...........................

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In Speech To Struggling Farmers, President Trump Promotes Border Wall (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP

Trump to make it easier for farmers to get Mexican workers aeromanKC Jan 2019 #1

"You need people to help you with the farms," Trump conceded. "I'm going to make that easier." Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #2

"OK, sucker us again. We luvs being suckered." - Farm Bureaucrats, Inc (R) Achilleaze Jan 2019 #3

aeromanKC

(3,332 posts)

1. Trump to make it easier for farmers to get Mexican workers

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:59 AM

Jan 2019

Now is that before or after he brings back all the coal jobs?

Arkansas Granny

(31,544 posts)

2. "You need people to help you with the farms," Trump conceded. "I'm going to make that easier."

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 09:59 AM

Jan 2019

OK, here's the plan. All those furloughed workers are going to be desperate for a paycheck. They can go work on the farms, right??? It's a win win situation. The workers get paid, the farmers have the help they need and Trump looks like a genius.

Amirite?

Achilleaze

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3. "OK, sucker us again. We luvs being suckered." - Farm Bureaucrats, Inc (R)

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2019, 10:44 AM

Jan 2019

Comrade Dirty Donny, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, gives farm & chemical & GMO corporations what they ask for:

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