Fox News Corners Trump on Siding With China in MAGA Betrayal [View all]
Donald Trump has suddenly announced a complete one-eighty on his campaign pledge to American farmers that he’d stop Chinese nationals buying up land in the U.S.
Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed him on why he had abandoned his promise to intervene on Thursday during his trip to China.
“It’s not that I love it,” Trump said, as he conceded that his promise has been withdrawn.
Hannity said “thousands and thousands of acres of farmland, ranchland, and land near military installations” are being purchased by Chinese buyers.
Farm-dependent counties in the U.S. voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2024; 78 percent of them backed Trump, which was up even from the strong support for his first term.
In Beijing, Trump was suddenly arguing that it would hurt farmers if he went ahead with his pledge. He said pulling out the external investment would force down land prices.
“You want to see farm prices drop, you wanna see farmers lose a lot of money? Just take that out of the market,” the president said.
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