Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska on Monday alongside GOP Sen. The US president’s plan to import more foreign meat has angered ranchers in Nebraska. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking his Republican midterm rescue mission to Nebraska on Monday, campaigning alongside GOP Sen.

Pete Ricketts, who is running against an independent candidate backed by national Democrats. Trump is headed to Grand Island, Nebraska, located in the solidly conservative south-central part of the state. It’s part of what the Republican president says is a 32-day blitz of rallies ahead of Nov.

3 that so far has taken him to ruby-red territory such as Oklahoma and Alabama. On Wednesday, he’ll make his second stop in two weeks in Texas with a rally in San Antonio. “The president’s coming to Nebraska to help me campaign, so I can get reelected,” Ricketts told the Associated Press last week on Capitol Hill.

Ricketts, a former governor of the state, was appointed then later elected to fill Sen. Ben Sasse’s seat when he left to run the University of Florida in 2023. Now he is running for his first full six-year term against independent Dan Osborn — a race that initially was not expected to be competitive but is now being watched by the national parties.

Voters across the country are frustrated with Trump’s handling of the economy, including persistently high costs for fuel and groceries. It’s a major issue for rural voters who have backed the president and his party in recent elections. The administration’s plan to allow more imports of foreign beef has particularly roiled the agriculture-rich state of Nebraska.

Trump wants to lower beef prices for consumers, but ranchers have rebelled against the import proposal, arguing it would undercut them. “The plan to import low-quality foreign beef is not helping Nebraska ranchers,” Ricketts told the AP. “I would advise the White House to change that policy and look for longer-term things that will help us build the size of the herd and ultimately bring the price of beef down for consumers.” There are a few Senate races where independents are the challengers In the House of Representatives, the Grand Island area is represented by Republican Rep.