Trump in Iowa Touts Ethanol, Farm Policy

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October 16, 2020

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by Erin Murphy (The Courier) Campaigning in Iowa on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump touted his administration’s work to boost the ethanol industry and help farmers in Iowa. Trump’s administration this year issued a rule that allows gas stations to sell a higher ethanol blend year-round.

“They were killing ethanol,” Trump said. “I made it year-round, 15%, and it’s great stuff.”

But when he said “they were killing ethanol,” he could have to be referring to his own administration.

The ethanol industry in Iowa had been pinched in large part because Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency was granting waivers that allowed large oil companies to skirt the federal ethanol mandate.

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Trump won Iowa by nearly 10 percentage points in 2016 — not the 11 points he said during Wednesday’s remarks — but polls on this year’s race in Iowa have consistently showed him neck-and-neck with Biden.

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Trump made a direct appeal to the state’s farmers, saying he was responsible for $28 billion in aid designed to help offset damage stemming from his trade war with China. “I hope you remember that on Nov. 3,” Trump said.

Trump recalled farmers telling him in a White House meeting that they do not want government subsidies, only fair trade opportunities.

“I never heard that,” Trump said. “Most people, they don’t care. Call it subsidies, call it cash, they say ‘Give me the money.’ … The farmers are unbelievable. They’re the heart of this nation.”

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“If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that leadership matters,” (Iowa Governor Kim) Reynolds said. “It’s why it is critical that we re-elect Donald Trump for four more years.”

Trump acknowledged her warm remarks. “Thank you, honey,” he said. READ MORE

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