the trade deal. it s hurting us and them. this speech, as far as i can tell is not seen as a deal-breaker for the trade deal and that the chinese can deal with it. they will respond angrily as they always do, the negotiators will continue to try to make this deal. you know who doesn t care about speeches or headlines, farmers. you ve spoken to many who have said these tariffs, this trade war is hurting us in the short-term, but we appreciate that the president is taking this head-on. let s wait and see what happens. when i read the head line, get ready, they re about to buy $20 billion, i just look back at history and i remember before the trade war started china was buying $40 billion. so they used to buy more before the trade war. what are those farmers saying now? because they re an important voting block for the president. i talked to brent renner last night. he voted for president trump. he said he s worn out.
steadfast in their support for donald trump up until now. are you seeing any indication that the combination of the trade wars is having on them and these ethanol regulations, that that could be chipping away at that support? yeah. there s been very little over the last year and a half that has brought ease to these farmers here. we ve been engaging in conversations with these farmers across the midwest for the last year and a half and you could say that there s been no more loyal base of support for president trump than farmers. they re the ones that have told you over the last year and a half that they have supported the president s trade efforts with not only our allies, but also with china saying they wanted better deals. a lot of those farms are not even breaking even. they continue to say that they have hope and faith in this president. but brent renner, who we ve stayed in touch with over the last year, i want to let you hear a bit of what he told us.