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The incompetent White House trade advisor said this on CNN early this morning:
Meanwhile, farmers are saying this about all that money:
Despite the continuing remarks from farm organizations about how much the tariffs are devastating farmers, particularly those in the Midwest, the buffoonish trade advisor stood firm:
Which is an interesting statement since China has been increasing its own soybean production and is now importing the same from countries such as Argentina who are more than happy to provide the product and the increase in jobs and money it brings.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/18/politics/farmers-china-trade-war-peter-navarro-cnntv/index.html
"This President has the backs of farmers," Navarro told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." He said "a lot" of the money the US is taking in from tariffs is "going right to the farmers."
Meanwhile, farmers are saying this about all that money:
Gary Wertish, the president of the Minnesota Farmers Union, recently told CNN, "Words and twitters and tweets -- that doesn't pay the farmers' bills. That doesn't solve the problem we're dealing with."
"This one's self-inflicted by our President, and we definitely agreed with him at the beginning, but it doesn't appear that there's a plan B," Wertish said.
"This one's self-inflicted by our President, and we definitely agreed with him at the beginning, but it doesn't appear that there's a plan B," Wertish said.
Despite the continuing remarks from farm organizations about how much the tariffs are devastating farmers, particularly those in the Midwest, the buffoonish trade advisor stood firm:
Navarro was adamant on "State of the Union" Sunday, telling Tapper that farmers "are behind this President." And Navarro insisted the tariffs are "not hurting anybody" in the US -- "They're hurting China," he said.
Which is an interesting statement since China has been increasing its own soybean production and is now importing the same from countries such as Argentina who are more than happy to provide the product and the increase in jobs and money it brings.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/18/politics/farmers-china-trade-war-peter-navarro-cnntv/index.html