Fact Checker: Former president Donald Trump claims Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposed his tariffs on China and his aid to farmers. That's false.
that demonstrated his fervent loyalty to Trump by showing him “building a wall” with one child, reading a Trump book to another and dressing his baby in pro-Trump gear.At one point, the host presses, is there any issue on which DeSantis disagrees with Trump? After hedging — “I don’t agree with anybody on everything 100 percent of the time” — and saying he always seeks to be constructive in his conversations with Trump, DeSantis finally offers one policy issue: “I’m not a fan of farm subsidies.
“I’ve been surprised at some of the success he’s gotten,” DeSantis said. “I’ve typically not been somebody that has supported tariffs and I don’t think that’s the end state that you want. But I think he’s leveraged that like he did with the European Union to get concessions. So if that’s what he’s able to do, then that’s probably going to benefit a lot of folks.” He warned that when Trump did not win concessions from China, Trump probably would have to change course.
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