tweet this morning, are republicans wrong to be concerned about tariffs and this trade war, as you just heard? because the logic just doesn t hang together. the stated tactic here is, impose tariffs and other countries will come to their senses, reduce their tariffs and other barriers to trade. we will then drop ours, and the world is going to be a much freer trading place. we need some proof of concept. there is no evidence that s actually true. and if that s the strategy, we re all in it together. we re all going to be better off in the aftermath. why single out the farmers for $12 billion in aid? none of this hangs together in terms of, are the tactics working, or why are the farmers a privileged class? we showed this guy we re showing now, this soybean farmer as part of my nightly news story last night. soybean farmer, third generation, in wahoo, northboeb north of lincoln. here s what he had to say about the struggles, the tougher