>> After trading new airstrikes with Iran this
week, President Trump suddenly announced a deal
was imminent and could be signed this weekend. This
comes after inflation reached a new high since
the conflict began. Wisconsin's U.S. senator
spoke with WPR this week, responding to questions
about high fuel costs and fertilizer prices for
farmers. >> A lot of them don't have
the money right now to fill their tanks for planting
season and then fertilizer. Many of our farmers are
having to do without the full complement of
fertilizer that they need for their fields. This is
going to have ramifications for months and months to
come. And our farmers work harder than anyone I know.
So, you know, there may be a glitzy rally that the
president holds in Wisconsin, but that does
nothing to deal with the real harm our farmers and
ultimately the American consumers of their products
will have to deal with. >> In June of 2022, because
of President Biden and the Democrats policy, they're
waging the war on fossil fuels. Average gasoline
prices were $5 a gallon. Yeah. I don't like the high
fuel prices, the high fertilizer prices. Nor does
President Trump know, nor do any of us. But I also
recognize that what would be far worse is if Iran
became a nuclear power and they wiped out our grid.
That would be orders and orders of magnitude worse
as well. So hopefully this is just short term pain. It
is painful, I recognize that, but that's why the
sooner this war, the sooner sooner this war, the sooner