John Boyd Jr., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s plan to import foreign beef, saying the administration was failing to “put America first.” Boyd spoke with MS Now’s Katy Tur after Republican lawmakers also objected to the proposal, which, according to NewsNation, “will allow 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported and sold 25 percent below market value for the next 90 days without activating an ‘out of quota’ tariff.”

As Tur noted, Republicans have been pushing back on the plan, including Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, a Republican, who said that “flooding the market with foreign beef hurts our livestock industry.” Tur also said that Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is running for Senate in Iowa and has been endorsed by Trump, opposes the plan as well and “called it a bad idea.” The criticism reflects how sensitive beef policy can be for cattle producers and lawmakers in farm states, where import decisions can quickly become a test of whether federal policy is helping domestic producers or putting additional pressure on them.

Boyd described the move as a “raw deal by the president.” He said Trump repeatedly claims to support farmers and cattlemen, but that the beef import plan runs counter to those statements.

“... here’s the president who keep making the announcement that he he loves farmers, he loves cattlemen, and then undermines us with 300,000 metric tons of foreign beef that we don’t even know where it’s coming from,” Boyd said. “... So it’s bad beef that’s coming into the United States. The president hasn’t told anybody where the beef is coming from. There’s no guarantee that the American people are going to going to see any savings in the local grocery stores. This is more about helping meat packers, in my opinion. So he put the American farmers last.”

Boyd added that the policy could have broader consequences for U.S. farmers.

“Here you have a president who continues to say he loves farmers,” Boyd said. “He loves the American people. This is what they want. It’s not what we want. ... So here you have a ripple effect, in my opinion, for the first time in history for America’s farmers going out, losing our farms every day, and the president makes another sour deal and punches the American farmers in the face.”

When asked what Trump could do to help farmers, Boyd suggested redirecting money that Trump has invested in Argentina.

“Take that money that he’s invested in Argentina, that $40 billion he invested in Argentina ... invest that money right here in American farmers, right here in the United States,” Boyd said.

“He’s always saying, ‘America first,’” Boyd continued. “Put America first, put America, put your money where your mouth is and invest in cattle farmers right now. And he can do that today.”