Beef is prepared for a customer at a grocery store in Miami, on July 22. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Todd Armstrong, the owner of a 200-year-old family cattle and crops farm in Indiana, voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 but feels abandoned by the president now for suggesting a deal for the US to buy beef from Argentina.

“What frustrates me about this whole move is President Trump ran on an ‘America First’ program. I don’t see anything in this that puts America first,” Armstrong told CNN. “It’s hypocritical.”

It’s stories from farmers like Armstrong that have come into Rep. Erin Houchin’s office.

“I’ve heard concerns from constituents,” Houchin, a Republican, said in a statement to CNN. “For now, this remains only a suggestion from President Trump.”

And it has Republicans on Cap

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