And as a former CIA officer, the facts on the tariffs and what they have done to farmers are really, they're pretty hard to dispute. In the President's first term, before your time, he put tariffs on a bunch of different ag products. And then this body had to approve $23 billion in assistance in essentially welfare for farmers. And farmers hate getting welfare. In the second term, the sloppy tariffs have been thrown on. Now we have $12 billion in assistance that again, welfare for farmers. (00:24–00:39)
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