President Donald Trump announced a plan Tuesday to allow more ethanol to be used during the summer, in an effort to provide a boost for farmers in Iowa and other states.
Oct. 9 (UPI) — President Donald Trump announced a plan Tuesday to allow more ethanol to be used during the summer, in an effort to provide a boost for farmers in Iowa and other states.
Speaking at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Trump said he had directed his administration to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to allow year-round use of gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol, known as E15.
« Today we are unleashing the power of E15 to fuel our country all year long, not eight months… all year long, » Trump said.
Trump drew cheers from the crowd of Iowans and supporters who traveled from nearby Nebraska when he said he had fulfilled a promise to farmers.
« I made that promise to you during the campaign. I made that promise to you during the primary, » Trump said. « Promises made; promises kept. »
Trump went on to encourage the crowd to vote Republican in November’s midterm elections, saying Democrats would look to « end ethanol. »
He also touted the United States Mexico Canada Agreement — a $1.2 trillion trade agreement which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement — as a boost for farmers in the states, which he also said Democrats would look to reverse.
« If Democrats take control they will try to reverse our amazing progress and plunge our country into gridlock, frankly into poverty, ultimately into chaos, » said Trump.
