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Donald Trump

8:46 - 9:04

"my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus. Biden took that surplus and turned it into a $50 billion agricultural trade deficit."

“my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus. Biden took that surplus and turned it into a $50 billion agricultural trade deficit.”
Timestamp
8:46 – 9:04
Community
Alaska News
Captured at
June 25, 2026

From the transcript

And they crushed farmers with the burdensome restrictions. And my first term, we had an agricultural trade surplus. Biden took that surplus and turned it into a $50 billion agricultural trade deficit. We had a big surplus with the farmer and he took it in. I couldn't believe it.

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