Former President Donald Trump charged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with choosing China over American farmers, a line he has recently repeated in his campaign stops around the country.
Mr. Trump said on Friday at a campaign rally in South Dakota that Mr. DeSantis, Florida Republican, opposed tariffs against China previously enacted during his presidency. Mr. Trump lauded his tariffs, saying that China paid U.S. farmers $28 billion as a result.“He strongly opposed my protection for our farmers,” Mr. Trump said. “I protected our farmers very simply, and by the way those farmers got big checks.
Mr. Trump has previously leveled the same accusations against Mr. DeSantis during a July campaign stop, but his charges are not completely accurate,In 2018, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on over $300 billion on Chinese goods. Farmers took a heavy economic blow as a result of the move, and Mr. Trump’s White House promised to send $28 billion in subsidies to ease the financial hit. PolitiFact reported that the Trump White House actually shelled out $23 billion.
During another Fox News interview later that year, he said he was “not a fan” of billions of dollars in farm subsidies.
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