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John Thune: “Our farmers are probably going to need some financial…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Meet the Press on NBC

Published | Video Starts at 13:28

When I speak to the President and his team about this, I always reiterate the importance of keeping agriculture front and center when you're negotiating trade deals. But at the end of the day, Our farmers are probably going to need some financial assistance this year. And a lot of the revenue coming in off the tariffs is what they would use to provide that. But later, soon, why not ask the President? And that's rollback. (13:28–13:33)

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