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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Trump Admits Farmers May Feel Some Pain via His Policies

President Donald Trump used a campaign-style stop in Michigan over the weekend to delve into several topics, including on agriculture and trade.On trade, Trump talked of reforming U.S. trade policy and acknowledged that U.S. farmers will experience "a little pain for a little while.” However, he stressed that farmers would end up doing even better once the NAFTA 2.0 negotiations are completed.Trump also did not waive the potential for pulling out of the trade deal as he has done on several occasions over the past several months.Trump told the Michigan crowd he supports more ag guestworker labor, and offered support for more guestworkers to come to the U.S. to fill labor needs for U.S. agriculture "to help you on the farms -- and then they go out."Overall, Trump proclaimed for farmers, "OK, it’s going to get good, and we’re going to let your guestworkers come in, because we’re going to have strong borders. But we have to have your workers come in.”