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Aug 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Air Force One has just landed in Cedar Rapids, #Iowa. Image
"Powerful hurricane-force winds pummeled Iowa" last week, notes @POTUS at a briefing about last week's storm. "It took a big chunk out of your entire state, Chuck," he says to @ChuckGrassley. Image
"We're going to help you recover from the storm," pledges @POTUS. Image
He's never seen "mile after mile" of corn "just flat on the ground" like after the #derecho, @ChuckGrassley tells POTUS. Image
Despite the largest-ever order of corn from #China, "I'm not happy at all" with Beijing, says @POTUS.
After the crop damage from the #derecho, farmers in #Iowa -- already suffering by the lack of demand for ethanol and low prices -- hurt even more, says @SenJoniErnst. Image

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