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Related: About this forumI heard Trump just said "They want to wipe out totally Iowa ethanol."
If true Ive got a big problem. Where will I go for beers next time I come to Kinnick to watch my Badgers play the Hawks? This could be a crisis for me personally!
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I heard Trump just said "They want to wipe out totally Iowa ethanol." (Original Post)
Still In Wisconsin
Jan 2020
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OAITW r.2.0
(28,897 posts)1. He is a proven liar.
I will need a factual source to interpret this piece of disinformation. No Problem, it's filed with the 16,000 lies he has told to date. Think of that. If you posted 1 lie a day at DU, done, quitly, you would have lied on 1/2 of the time as Donald. Trump.
So what do the Trump lawyer's get? Kingdom's in West Kafuckustan?
progressoid
(50,856 posts)2. I wonder how many of his sycophants know he's part of the problem.
'A slap in the face': Trump's ethanol waivers are sparking rebellion in farm country
Gripped with anger, some Iowa ethanol leaders say President Donald Trump should no longer count on their support in next years election, given his administration's action to cut demand for the U.S. renewable fuel.
If people connected to agriculture decide to vote for the president, they're just voting to cut off their own economic prosperity," said Nick Bowdish, CEO of Elite Ethanol in Atlantic...
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2019/08/25/donald-trump-ethanol-waivers-iowa-farm-country-lose-support-president-election-voters-farmers/2085033001/
Gripped with anger, some Iowa ethanol leaders say President Donald Trump should no longer count on their support in next years election, given his administration's action to cut demand for the U.S. renewable fuel.
If people connected to agriculture decide to vote for the president, they're just voting to cut off their own economic prosperity," said Nick Bowdish, CEO of Elite Ethanol in Atlantic...
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2019/08/25/donald-trump-ethanol-waivers-iowa-farm-country-lose-support-president-election-voters-farmers/2085033001/
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)3. If anyone will wipe out ethanol, it would be Trump himself.
Think about it: It doesn't hurt the planet like crude oil does and nobody's fighting overseas for it.
He doesn't care about what farmers think because they're a lock to vote GOP (he thinks).