Trump warns Iowa farmers against backing DeSantis: 'Complete disaster for American farmers'

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that Republican rival Ron DeSantis's policies would spell doom for Iowa farmers.

"Ron DeSanctimonious would be a complete disaster for the American farmers and for the great people of Iowa," he declared in a video posted to Truth Social. "His record on agriculture is terrible because he is totally owned by the globalist donors who would like nothing more than to outsource every American farming job to a foreign nation and he is totally in the pocket of China."

"DeSanctus opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed the $28 billion in relief payments to protect our farmers from Chinese abuses," Trump continued. "I don't think we're gonna be losing Nebraska, Iowa, or any of the farm states because nobody else could have done what I've done."

"DeSanctus also totally despises ethanol. Ending the renewable fuel standard was one of his top priorities as a member of Congress... if he had it his way the entire economy of Iowa would be wiped out," Trump went on. "DeSanctus slandered the ethanol mandate as 'socialism.'"

"In Florida, DeSanctus is famous for his cruel targeting of family farms," he said, referencing the governor's veto of more than $130 million in farm subsidies.

"He... stabbed the farmers right in the back," Trump declared, before urging farmers to register as Republicans and support him in the Iowa Caucuses.

"With your support, we will put farmers first," he concluded.

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