PROGRAM.
ASHLEY: MORE THAN ENOUGH
INFORMATION.
STUART: LET'S GET SERIOUS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING WITH A
GROUP OF FARMERS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT
16 BILLION-DOLLAR AID PACKAGE TO
OFFSET THE DAMAGE DONE FROM
CHINA TARIFFS.
THAT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING
ON THIS NETWORK.
ROLL AT THAT TAPE.
>> OUR PROGRAM IS DESIGNED NOT
TO DISTORT ANY PLANNING
INTENTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR TO THE
FARMERS, THEY SHOULD PLANT FOR
THE MARKET, NOT FOR ANY KIND OF
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
STUART: YEAH, BUT $16 BILLION IS
COMING YOUR WAY.
FOX BUSINESS CONDUCTED A SURVEY
OF FARMERS IN ILLINOIS.
89% SAY THEY ARE BEING HURT BY
THE CHINA TRADE TARIFFS.
ZIPPY DUVAL WITH US, AMERICAN
FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
PRESIDENT.
SIR, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
$16 BILLION, ON ITS WAY TO YOU
FARMERS.
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THAT?
>> OF COURSE WE'RE HAPPY WITH
THAT AND WHAT WE'RE MORE HAPPY
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO
STAND BEHIND HIS COMMITMENT TO
BE WITH THE FARMERS.
FARMERS REALLY WANT TO HAVE, GET
THEIR INCOME FROM THE
MARKETPLACE BUT TO DO THAT WE
GOT TO GET THESE TRADE WARS OVER
AND FINISH SOME TRADE DEALS.
STUART: I'M TOLD, I HAVE HEARD,
SHALL WE SAY, THAT THIS MONEY,
$16 BILLION, IS BEING TAKEN FROM
THE TARIFFS WHICH WE IMPOSE ON
CHINA, COMES TO OUR TREASURY, WE
TAKE $16 BILLION.
WE THEN BUY YOUR FARM PRODUCTS,
TO MAKE UP FOR YOUR LACK OF A
MARKET.
WE'RE THEN GIVE THESE FARM
PRODUCTS TO POOR COUNTRIES
AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU GET THE MONEY FOR YOUR
PRODUCT, POOR PEOPLE GET A
CHEAPER PRODUCT, WHAT DO YOU
SAY, IS THAT A GOOD WAY OF DOING
THIS?
>> I THINK THAT IS ONE WAY OF
DOING IT, OF COURSE.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF DOING
THAT.
BUT TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHILE
TRYING TO HELP THE FARMERS UNTIL
WE GET SOLUTIONS TO OUR FARM,
OUR TRADE ISSUES IS A GOOD WAY
OF DOING IT BUT WHAT WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND IS, THAT IS A LOT OF
MONEY BUT IT DOESN'T COME CLOSE
TO WHAT OUR FARMERS POTENTIALLY
COULD MAKE IN THE MARKET IF WE
HAD A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA AND
FINISHED UP SOME OTHER DEALS
AROUND THE WORLD.
>> DO YOU THINK, THIS IS ENOUGH
MONEY, OR A BIG ENOUGH EFFORT,
TO KEEP THE FARMERS ON THE
PRESIDENT'S SIDE POLITICALLY?
THEY'RE IN A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF THE NATION, MID WESTERN
FARMERS THAT IS THE KEY TO THE
NEXT ELECTION.
CAN THE PRESIDENT KEEP THEIR
POLITICAL SUPPORT?
>> I THINK IT IS HIS WAY OF
SHOWING COMMITMENT TO STAND
BEHIND THE FARMERS I SAID
EARLIER.
WILL IT KEEP THE COMMITMENT?
WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICK WE MOVE
TO SETTLE UP SOME TRADE DEALS.
OUR FARMERS NEED TRADE DEALS TO
BE FINISHED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRES BURNING
ACROSS THE WORLD WITH ISSUES
AROUND TRADE TARIFFS.
WE NEED TO FINISH SOME DEALS
LIKE WE DID WITH USMCA WE'RE
REAL PROUD OF THE WORK THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND PRESIDENT HAS
DONE ON USMCA.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONGRESS, CONGRESS FINISHING UP
THE DEAL WITH IT.
IT'S A BIG, HUGE, SUCCESS FOR
OUR FARMERS.
STUART: I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE AT THE MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT, STUART.
STUART: IT'S A TWO-WAY STREET
HERE.
THE PRESIDENT WILL TALK ABOUT
WHAT KIND OF HELP HE WILL GIVE
YOU, BUT ARE YOU POUNDING THE
TABLE, MR. PRESIDENT, GET THESE
TRADE DEALS DONE, IS THAT WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY?
>> WE'LL SAY WE NEED TO YOU
FINISH THE TRADE DEALS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING YOUR
COMMITMENT TO STAND BEHIND US
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU --
STUART: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO HIM?
LISTEN, MR. PRESIDENT, IF THIS
GOES ON FOR TOO LONG, YOU WILL
LOSE OUR SUPPORT, WOULD YOU SAY
THAT TO HIM?
>> WE WILL SAY THAT TOO HIM.
WE CONTINUE TO SAY TO HIM ALL
ALONG, SOME OF OUR FARMERS HAVE
DONE GOOD TO THIS POINT BUT
THEY'RE BURNING UP THEIR ASSETS,
TRYING TO STAY PATIENT.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO FINISH THESE
TRADE DEALS.
WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF HIM
STANDING BEHIND US.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH IS VERY DIFFICULT.
THAT IS WHY OUR FARMERS WANT TO
GIVE HIM THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO
FINISH THE TRADE DEALS,
ESPECIALLY WITH CHINA, DO IT
RIGHT, SO IT HELPS US YEARS IN
COMING.