Zach Lahn

We won't be taken advantage of anymore, is what I'm trying to say.

Whether it's agricultural companies having to sue to break up their monopolies, or just say something as common as, look, $100 billion multinational tech companies are searching across the country to find land to build data centers and get approval from governments.

They're the ones that should be on the opposite end of this negotiation.

We should be saying to them, what are you going to offer us?

because 30 jobs and $529 million in tax breaks doesn't pencil.

So, when we go back to this idea, Sean, you know, something I give Trump a lot of credit for is pioneering the idea of America first.

You know, before Trump came under the scene, nobody's even really talking about China in a major way from the political standpoint.

Everything was good.

Like, the free trade we have with them is good, even though it's hollowed out an entire... region of people who then ended up getting addicted to opioids and dying off at faster rates.

They're all saying how our partnership with China is great.

And then Trump came in and said, they're taking advantage of us.

We're suckers.

And he was right, 100% right.

So when I talk to people about what it means to be Iowa first, like this is part of my campaign.

It's like, I want to put Iowa first.

It's not just a slogan, it's saying like, if you're a multinational, if you're owned by a foreign government, you're getting $0 from my state, period.

Those dollars will go towards homegrown Iowa entrepreneurs to build their life, to build their company and compete with you and hopefully make it so you have a hard time keeping up.

That's what it should be.

That's the idea of putting Iowa first.

It's the same thing about these data centers.