Trump hits familiar themes in American Farm Bureau speech; avoids specifics on NAFTA and immigration - Entrepreneur Generations

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In his speech at the American Farm Bureau Federation conference in Nashville yesterday, President Trump hit on a familiar litany of topics. "To a largely adoring crowd of farmers in Tennessee’s capital, Trump crowed about winning 306 votes in the electoral college, bragged about his accomplishments and cast himself as the leader of a movement restoring respect for the national anthem, the American flag and the forgotten man — and as a politician still very much on the campaign trail," Josh Dawsey and Anne Gearan report for The Washington Post.

He also promised farmers a bill with crop insurance, touted (and took credit for) the booming stock market and economy, criticized the news media, and said that Democrats want to raise their taxes by 50 percent or more and double regulations.

Trump steered clear of a few controversial topics though. As we reported yesterday, farmers were likely looking for assurance that he would not withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement or adopt immigration policies that make it harder to hire farm workers. He sidestepped talking about NAFTA, saying in his speech that he was still renegotiating it, though he has threatened to pull out of it elsewhere. And he promised to cut down on immigration and "build the wall," though without specifics, Dawsey and Gearan report.


President Trump's speech yesterday was the first time a sitting president had spoken there in more than 25 years.

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