Joni Ernst to Trump: "Calling farmers 'patriots' won't pay the bills"

Earnst said farmers in her state wanted the President to confront China over trade issues and intellectual property theft, but that they were also worried about ‘paying the bills’.

‘We have to stop them from stealing intellectual property. We have to stop them from force technology transfers. that’s detrimental not only to our economy but national security,’ she added.

‘The president has called our farmers patriots, it doesn’t pay the bills. It doesn’t pay the bills. We’ll see in the up coming months how long we can sustain.’