Trump Visiting Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, on Friday to Meet with Farmers
The White House says Trump will promote lower input costs, new trade markets and Rural Opportunity Zones during the visit.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump travels to Chippewa County, Wisconsin, to showcase his administration's farm policies, aiming to support Congressman Derrick Van Orden in a competitive midterm race.
- The White House frames the trip as demonstrating "strong support" for Wisconsin's farmers, citing deliverables including lowered input costs, a stronger farm safety net, and new Rural Opportunity Zones.
- Wisconsin Farmers Union President Darin Von Ruden challenged the administration's claims, stating farmers are "hurting really badly" due to rising labor, fuel, and fertilizer costs.
- Amid a Marquette Law School poll showing the president's approval at 38%, Wisconsin Democratic Chairman Devin Remiker warned that representatives would be "fools" to stand with Trump.
- The White House announced a $17 billion agricultural purchase agreement with China earlier this year, seeking to bolster exports and secure rural votes amid rising costs and ongoing trade tensions.
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says President Trump’s visit to a rural swing district in Wisconsin shows he knows Republicans are in trouble in the midterms. The stop on Friday for a farmer-focused round table in Chippewa Falls marks the first time Trump has visited Wisconsin in his second term. It comes just four days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. toured a dairy farm in the congressional district held by Repub…
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DCCC Statement on Trump’s Visit to the Chippewa Valley in WI-03
Ahead of Trump’s visit to the Chippewa Valley today, DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith released the following statement: “Derrick Van Orden hauls in his elite friends from Washington to remind Wisconsin families the reason why they’re hurting: because Van Orden does D.C.’s bidding. He rubberstamps the reckless war driving up the cost of gas and groceries, guts health care and threatens rural hospitals, and cheers on the reckless tariffs hurting farm…
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