WATCH: Michigan Mother Asks Trump About How He Would Lower Costs

At a town hall event in Flint, Michigan, former President Trump took a question from a Michigan mother on how he'd lower costs.

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[jeansinclair]

My Husband is an American Farmer who retired recently. I was by his side for all of those years. We worked so hard for so many years. The prices of seed, fuel and chemicals and equipment are outrageous now. God Bless our Farmers. They are the most honest down to Earth people I know. Its really hard to make a living when the prices of grain are so low and everything else is so high to put in a crop. Its like gambling. Will it rain? Tornadoes? Floods?? Please Pray for our Farmers ❤🙏 Amen

[jeffreylocke]

Farmers are indeed suffering and we need to support them.

[jeffkok]

I’m Australian. Farmers work very hard and they contribute a lot to the economy. Most importantly they provide us foods. We all should appreciate and support them indeed.

[vaughnhill]

The whole world relies on our fantastic farmers . Thank you farmers for all yaw do for us all. God bless you

[illgetanimated]

Electric/utilities, rent, especially for seniors barely getting by, and please help our farmers. No farmers, no food!

[wesleychriswell]

I agree the farmers in the USA are the ones who feed Americans we need them now more than ever

[shawnsmith]

She’s a retired nurse and is struggling. Nurses make darn good money. We live in a sad world these days.

[lisakenitz]

Pray for all farmers world wide they are golden. ❤🙏 🦅

[chinatownimportscom]

The U.S. should be completely energy independent as a first priority, and laws should be passed to keep it that way.

[uqsqwgb]

YES!! for the farmers 🍏🍎🍑🌽🥕🥔🫑🥦🧄🌰🌶🫑🍉🍈🍇🍋🐄🐮🐖🐷

[TonyLee-dj]

I'm a farmer, the cost of diesel, seed and fertilizer have to come down. I'm taking a loss big time. We don't know how much longer we can hold on to our land. I truly believe the main goal is to take our land. Please people wake up and realize where your food is coming from. Please support your farmers!!! All farmers!! Trump 2024!

[LittleMcCricket]

My Dsughters employee won't giver her hours, 16 hours a month is impossible to keep up Auto insurance, gas, and food. So she applied for food stamps, they told her she hasentworked enough hours to get food stamps, but ilegals have not worked at all and look what they get!!

[williampesch]

It starts with oil, it all starts with oil.

[gztxypv]

Fuel/energy is used:

For manufacturing everything you use
For transporting those goods
Powering the offices of industry that surround those goods that are manufactured

Everything you drive, wear, eat, drink runs on energy.

If you reduce the cost of energy, the cost of everything comes down when it is able to be produced in abundance.

[junedeike]

Omg. A real answer. Not some bullcrap about being raised middle class and lawns.

[canadianslav]

How hard is it for Forbes to release a single video of Trump without having all the audio stuck to one ear or having many video pauses or delays????

[kylemckiernan]

It's true. Fuel impacts the transportation cost of food, which increases the cost of food. It all starts with energy

[CarolWestbrook-zkjc]

To those who are voting for Trump please vote RED down ballot. Otherwise the Democrats will stop him from succeeding while he is in office 🙏🙏

[happysliphappy]

It is so nice to hear an actual answer to a question!

[thegadphly]

I have NEver voted for one ticket... until now. Voting for the party of common sense..