Pence Returns Midwest To Do Damage Control As Trade War Devastates Farmers

Vice President Mike Pence applauds during a speech at the Organization of American States, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on a former official of the Venezuelan inte... Vice President Mike Pence applauds during a speech at the Organization of American States, Monday, May 7, 2018 in Washington. The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on a former official of the Venezuelan intelligence service, two aides and 20 companies for alleged drug trafficking. Pence announced the sanctions on Pedro Luis Martin Olivares during a speech at the Organization of American States. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS
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Vice President Mike Pence is launching a damage control campaign in the Midwest this week, meeting with key donors to offer reassurances as President Donald Trump’s trade war threatens to devastate soybean and pork production and other key parts of the agricultural industry.

Pence will have one-on-one meetings with Midwestern donors in Kansas City, Cedar Rapids and Chicago, Politico reported. He plans to highlight the strengths of the Trump administration, like Trump’s Supreme Court pick and the Republican tax cut passage, according to a Republican operative who spoke with Politico.

The vice president will also fundraise for three incumbent House Republicans by foreshadowing the potential damage to the Republican Party if Democrats win back control of the House.

The troubleshooting tour comes on the heels of Trump’s latest 25 percent tariff on $34 billion in Chinese goods. The move was met swiftly with equivalent retaliation from China, which has already begun to harm the Midwestern soy and pork industry. The head of a national soybean association told Politico that farmers have already lost 20 percent of their income in soybeans nationally since Trump launched his trade war.

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  1. Vice President Mike Pence is launching a damage control campaign in the Midwest this week, meeting with key donors to offer reassurances as President Donald Trump’s trade war threatens to devastate soybean and pork production and other key parts of the agricultural industry.

    I wonder if those reassurances include monetary compensation for lost revenue and contracts due to Trump's trade policies?
  2. “Vice President Mike Pence is launching a damage control campaign in the Midwest this week, meeting with key donors”

    Donors. Not farmers.

  3. The Vice President will also fundraise for three incumbent House Republicans by foreshadowing the potential damage the Republican Party ***will cause i***f Democrats don’t win back control of the House.

    Fixed it for ya Mikey
    Betcha they hand the little weasel a ration of shit and keep their checkbooks closed

  4. Gotta keep the GOP campaign money flowing.

    Party before country.

  5. “When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win,”

    Donald Trump

    
    Maybe those agriculture interests would like Pence to regale them with how easy this all has been.

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