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I would support scrapping the ethanol program.

But let me ask you this:

In what states, post-Iowa, is ethanol an issue in the primary campaign for either party?

NH?
SC?
Florida?
NV?

If not any of them, which super-Tuesday states?

You know the answer: none of the above.

And do you know why, because VOTERS ELSEWHERE LOOK AT THIS AS A SMALL ISSUE IN THE OVERALL CAMPAIGN.

And let me ask you this:

If this is such a big issue, tell me in which year the non-Iowa states (you know, the other 49 states) have made this a big issue on the Senate floor, or on the floor of the House?

2015?
2014?
2013?

Any year in this century?

What about the 90s?

Sure, you can google this issue with regard to congress and get plenty of hits, there have been plenty of proposals, but in which year did congress say: no more ethanol.

After all, Iowa is only 1/50 states. (Notice I am using the 50 number, not the Obama-count 57 number which might change the math somewhat if used.)

The answer is: this issue has NOT been addressed by this country as a whole and everyone just assumes that it is just part of the quirky nominating process in the US to give Iowa their damn ethanol subsidies.

Do I like it? No. Has ANYONE done anything about it? No.

Is it my Number One issue (stacked against things like the Muslim Invasion of the Western world): no.

Is it the Number One Issue of Trump Voters (stacked against things like the Muslim Invasion of the Western World): no.

So Trump is not going to fix this for you, Oh Great Conservative Purists.

Deal with it.

I want a wall.
I want the muslim invasion kept out.
I want an end to ethanol subsidies (but not as much as I want a wall and the muslim invasion kept out).

So go ahead, whine, wail, gnash your teeth, jump up and down, hold your breath until you turn blue... or even something more futile, vote Canadian in the primary... but it won’t change the minds or votes of the broad majority of the Republican voters in ANY of the post-Iowa states.

So deal with it.