Brooke Rollins

Yeah, it's a great, this is, you're the first person to really dig down on this that I've talked to since I took the job. And it's an extremely insightful conversation. and thoughtful question that you raise because that's 100% true.

My entire background is how to get government out of people's lives and how to get government, quote, handouts out of the private sector and how do we downsize significantly everything that the government stands for and how do we let the markets work? I think two things. I have become an absolute avid believer in President Trump's vision on putting America first.

My entire background is how to get government out of people's lives and how to get government, quote, handouts out of the private sector and how do we downsize significantly everything that the government stands for and how do we let the markets work? I think two things. I have become an absolute avid believer in President Trump's vision on putting America first.

For years, I was, well, the cheaper goods from China are good for everybody. And they allow those at the bottom of the economic ladder to have a better quality of life. And this is the market at work. Now that I've seen it in the first term, but especially as the Agriculture Secretary, realizing how important Poorly, our products are treated on the world stage.

For years, I was, well, the cheaper goods from China are good for everybody. And they allow those at the bottom of the economic ladder to have a better quality of life. And this is the market at work. Now that I've seen it in the first term, but especially as the Agriculture Secretary, realizing how important Poorly, our products are treated on the world stage.

The tariff, it's stunning to me that we let this go on for so long. The way Argentina treats our beef, the way China treats, the way Brazil treats our corn, I mean, the way the UK treats our pork. And that's just in my world. I haven't even really studied the automakers and others. There is no doubt that that realignment has to happen for America to continue to thrive and lead on the world stage.

The tariff, it's stunning to me that we let this go on for so long. The way Argentina treats our beef, the way China treats, the way Brazil treats our corn, I mean, the way the UK treats our pork. And that's just in my world. I haven't even really studied the automakers and others. There is no doubt that that realignment has to happen for America to continue to thrive and lead on the world stage.

for another 250 years. That's the first thing. So really realigning my thinking after deep study and deep thought in his approach of America first, not free markets for the sake of free markets, but fair markets for the sake of America.

for another 250 years. That's the first thing. So really realigning my thinking after deep study and deep thought in his approach of America first, not free markets for the sake of free markets, but fair markets for the sake of America.

Right, with the goal of freer markets eventually. The second thing I will say, and more on the USDA side, is... Food security is national security. We have already lost tens of thousands of family farms in the last decade. If we continue on that trajectory, America will not be able to feed ourself.

Right, with the goal of freer markets eventually. The second thing I will say, and more on the USDA side, is... Food security is national security. We have already lost tens of thousands of family farms in the last decade. If we continue on that trajectory, America will not be able to feed ourself.

And the minute you become unable to feed yourself is the minute you lose all power on the world stage. The minute you have to rely on China or Brazil or Argentina to feed your people, you're done. And what has happened over the last number of years is China's been buying up a lot of our farmland in America. A lot of our major meatpackers, et cetera, are now owned by foreign ownership.

And the minute you become unable to feed yourself is the minute you lose all power on the world stage. The minute you have to rely on China or Brazil or Argentina to feed your people, you're done. And what has happened over the last number of years is China's been buying up a lot of our farmland in America. A lot of our major meatpackers, et cetera, are now owned by foreign ownership.

And, you know, it's not all, I'm not going to cast dispersions on everybody, but at the end of the day, we have to make sure that our agriculture industry is here in this country, that we are feeding ourselves, and that we're relying on ourselves. And so all of the programs that you just outlined are part of that effort. We lose our farmers and our ranchers, we lose America.

And, you know, it's not all, I'm not going to cast dispersions on everybody, but at the end of the day, we have to make sure that our agriculture industry is here in this country, that we are feeding ourselves, and that we're relying on ourselves. And so all of the programs that you just outlined are part of that effort. We lose our farmers and our ranchers, we lose America.

Not just the diligence and the hard work and the discipline and what that means, righteous, I believe the most righteous of all professions means. The beginning of our country was fought by farmers, but also we lose it from a national security perspective. And when that happens, we lose everything.

Not just the diligence and the hard work and the discipline and what that means, righteous, I believe the most righteous of all professions means. The beginning of our country was fought by farmers, but also we lose it from a national security perspective. And when that happens, we lose everything.

That's right.

That's right.

Hundreds of farmers.