Trade fights and heavy flooding are hurting American farmers. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains why that could become a political issue for President Trump's 2020 campaign. Photo: APAfter months of Democratic presidential hopefuls flooding Iowa, President Trump on Tuesday is making his first pilgrimage to the perennial battleground state this year. Unlike the Democrats focused on the February caucuses, Mr. Trump will be looking ahead to the general election. He will visit a renewable-energy facility in Council Bluffs to highlight his administration’s recent approval of the expanded use of corn-based ethanol in gasoline and speak to a state Republican Party dinner in West Des Moines.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 11, 2019 09:31 UTC