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Farmers Are Playing the Long Game With Trump, Even as Woes Build Up

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Farmers Are Playing the Long Game With Trump, Even as Woes Build UpSpeaking before the American Farm Bureau in New Orleans Monday, Trump drew applause and cheers as he lobbied for a border wall, while telling the audience that he’ll make it “easier” for migrants to work on farms. Meanwhile, the partial government shutdown, the longest ever in U.S. history, has disrupted some aid payments that were meant to help ease the trade war’s blow. Before the speech, Trump tweeted he was “getting ready to address the Farm Convention today in Nashville, Tennessee.