President Donald Trump defended his tough trade policies in front of thousands of farmers in New Orleans on Monday, a key constituency that has struggled because of the trade war with China, and promised fair trade deals that will put America’s rural heartland back on its feet.
US President Donald Trump addresses the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 14, 2019Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
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