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Trump Plants Seeds Of Rural Revival With Friendly Farm Audience

President Trump is unveiling a task force report on reviving rural prosperity at a Farm Bureau convention in Nashville Monday. Rural voters were a key part of Trump's winning election coalition.
President Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Monday, before departing for Nashville, Tenn., for a Farm Bureau convention.

President Trump is expected to thank America's farmers for their political support on Monday and to unveil a plan designed to help revive fortunes in struggling rural areas. At the same time, the president is pursuing trade and immigration policies that could be harmful to farmers' bottom lines.

According to the president's prepared remarks to the American Farm Bureau Federation in Nashville, Tenn., Trump will take note of farmers' role in the economy and social fabric of

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