The dueling tariffs between Canada and the United States are a concern to South Dakota because of its proximity to the northern country, but farmer and ranchers have faith in President Donald Trump’s decisions, new South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden said on Newsmax Saturday.

“I think the farmers and ranchers in South Dakota recognize that Donald Trump is a New York real estate guy, and he understands the art of the negotiation,” the Republican governor, who took office after former Gov. Kristi Noem became the Homeland Security Secretary under Trump, told Newsmax’s “Saturday Agenda.” 

South Dakota is “very dramatically” an agricultural state, Rhoden added, and it has a good working relationship with the Trump administration. 

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