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President Trump Addresses AFBF Convention Talks NAFTA, Delivers Executive Orders

President Trump Addresses AFBF Convention Talks NAFTA, Delivers Executive Orders

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President Donald Trump addressed the 99th American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention Monday, speaking on tax cuts and regulatory reform and the farm bill, telling members he supports passage of an on-time farm bill that includes crop insurance. Trump made a small mention of NAFTA, saying his administration is working to renegotiate NAFTA to make the agreement better for agriculture.

Trump touted the just-passed tax reform bill and the relief it will bring to farmers and ranchers. He pointed to the estate tax changes and doubling the exemption, that he says will help keep farms in the family.

In flaunting his work on reducing federal regulations, President Trump told Farm Bureau members that the administration is working to end the regulatory “assault” on farmers’ way of life.

Trump also commented on his work to bring a better transportation system to rural America, along with comments on work fighting the opioid epidemic.

Trump used the appearance to sign two presidential orders expanding access to broadband internet in rural America.

George H.W. Bush was the last president to address the AFBF Annual Convention in 1992.

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