President Donald Trump is asking American growers to bear with him as tariffs threaten to hurt their business and deepen a farm downturn that’s entering a third year.

Trump said Americans will have to “bear with” him through an “adjustment period.” He also reiterated that he will announce a sweeping agriculture tariff to take effect April 2.

President Trump touted the benefits tariffs will bring to American farmers and the U.S. economy as part of his speech to Congress on Tuesday. “We have been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth,