Trump tries to prove he’s a help in Iowa’s swing House races
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail, this time in hopes of buoying a crop of Republicans running for a spate of battleground and GOP-leaning races in Iowa.
Iowa has open Senate and governor’s races, while another two House seats are considered to be toss-up contests, according to the Cook Political Report.
With the House, in particular, poised to be decided by a couple of races, every district will be critical as Trump and Republicans try to defy history and retain control of Congress after this November’s midterm elections.
The White House previewed that Trump’s trip on Tuesday to Clive, Iowa, which is in Rep. Zach Nunn’s (R-IA) 3rd Congressional District, will underscore the president’s economic and energy policies and that he will make similar appearances each week until the end of this electoral cycle.
“We’re going to be doing a lot of campaign traveling, I hate to tell you guys, but it’s going to keep you employed,” Trump himself told reporters this week. “We’re going to work hard.”
For Trump, the Iowa trip will be an opportunity to convince farmers struggling due to his trade war with China and other countries that his policies will, at the end of the day, help American agriculture. In December, the administration announced $12 billion in bailout money for the industry, while Trump has also touted the resumption of soybean crop purchases by China — something the country paused in retaliation for his tariffs.
“The farmers have been great. I helped them out when we were going through the difficulty with China,” the president told reporters. “China’s buying a lot of product right now, as you know. But while we had that negotiation, I gave them, you know, billions of dollars, and they were very happy.”
The bailout only represents a Band-Aid for farmers, and the industry has other priorities that the president has backed. Nunn, for example, pointed the Washington Examiner to his support of Republicans seeking to approve the year-round sale of higher-ethanol gasoline blends that would increase the demand for corn.
The push for the higher gasoline blend became a sticking point in government funding talks this past week, but agriculture lawmakers in the House backed off their demand in exchange for a commitment to vote on the policy shift in February.
“I want him to help, which he has committed to, to getting E-15 across the finish line for America’s farmers,” said Nunn, a second-term congressman seeking reelection in one of …
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail, this time in hopes of buoying a crop of Republicans running for a spate of battleground and GOP-leaning races in Iowa.
Iowa has open Senate and governor’s races, while another two House seats are considered to be toss-up contests, according to the Cook Political Report.
With the House, in particular, poised to be decided by a couple of races, every district will be critical as Trump and Republicans try to defy history and retain control of Congress after this November’s midterm elections.
The White House previewed that Trump’s trip on Tuesday to Clive, Iowa, which is in Rep. Zach Nunn’s (R-IA) 3rd Congressional District, will underscore the president’s economic and energy policies and that he will make similar appearances each week until the end of this electoral cycle.
“We’re going to be doing a lot of campaign traveling, I hate to tell you guys, but it’s going to keep you employed,” Trump himself told reporters this week. “We’re going to work hard.”
For Trump, the Iowa trip will be an opportunity to convince farmers struggling due to his trade war with China and other countries that his policies will, at the end of the day, help American agriculture. In December, the administration announced $12 billion in bailout money for the industry, while Trump has also touted the resumption of soybean crop purchases by China — something the country paused in retaliation for his tariffs.
“The farmers have been great. I helped them out when we were going through the difficulty with China,” the president told reporters. “China’s buying a lot of product right now, as you know. But while we had that negotiation, I gave them, you know, billions of dollars, and they were very happy.”
The bailout only represents a Band-Aid for farmers, and the industry has other priorities that the president has backed. Nunn, for example, pointed the Washington Examiner to his support of Republicans seeking to approve the year-round sale of higher-ethanol gasoline blends that would increase the demand for corn.
The push for the higher gasoline blend became a sticking point in government funding talks this past week, but agriculture lawmakers in the House backed off their demand in exchange for a commitment to vote on the policy shift in February.
“I want him to help, which he has committed to, to getting E-15 across the finish line for America’s farmers,” said Nunn, a second-term congressman seeking reelection in one of …
Trump tries to prove he’s a help in Iowa’s swing House races
What's the endgame here?
President Donald Trump is returning to the campaign trail, this time in hopes of buoying a crop of Republicans running for a spate of battleground and GOP-leaning races in Iowa.
Iowa has open Senate and governor’s races, while another two House seats are considered to be toss-up contests, according to the Cook Political Report.
With the House, in particular, poised to be decided by a couple of races, every district will be critical as Trump and Republicans try to defy history and retain control of Congress after this November’s midterm elections.
The White House previewed that Trump’s trip on Tuesday to Clive, Iowa, which is in Rep. Zach Nunn’s (R-IA) 3rd Congressional District, will underscore the president’s economic and energy policies and that he will make similar appearances each week until the end of this electoral cycle.
“We’re going to be doing a lot of campaign traveling, I hate to tell you guys, but it’s going to keep you employed,” Trump himself told reporters this week. “We’re going to work hard.”
For Trump, the Iowa trip will be an opportunity to convince farmers struggling due to his trade war with China and other countries that his policies will, at the end of the day, help American agriculture. In December, the administration announced $12 billion in bailout money for the industry, while Trump has also touted the resumption of soybean crop purchases by China — something the country paused in retaliation for his tariffs.
“The farmers have been great. I helped them out when we were going through the difficulty with China,” the president told reporters. “China’s buying a lot of product right now, as you know. But while we had that negotiation, I gave them, you know, billions of dollars, and they were very happy.”
The bailout only represents a Band-Aid for farmers, and the industry has other priorities that the president has backed. Nunn, for example, pointed the Washington Examiner to his support of Republicans seeking to approve the year-round sale of higher-ethanol gasoline blends that would increase the demand for corn.
The push for the higher gasoline blend became a sticking point in government funding talks this past week, but agriculture lawmakers in the House backed off their demand in exchange for a commitment to vote on the policy shift in February.
“I want him to help, which he has committed to, to getting E-15 across the finish line for America’s farmers,” said Nunn, a second-term congressman seeking reelection in one of …
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