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. That's $35 billion that this body has approved because of President Trump's tariff policy. And we can dispute whether you think in the long term it's going to work. All I know is that taxpayer dollars, $35 billion, now, some of that, a small portion, was set aside for specialty crop farmers. (00:50–00:58)
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