False claims coming fast and furious now: Trump says the U.S. has a $100 billion trade deficit with Mexico (it's $69 billion; he's said this 25 times); that he's started building The Wall (no).
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 9, 2018
Trump falsely claims that the U.S. had an "$817 billion" trade deficit last year. He usually just says $800 billion. That number excludes trade in services. The actual deficit last year was $566 billion.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 9, 2018
President Trump exaggerated trade deficit with the European Union by $50 billion https://t.co/68PcSAbFrs
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 8, 2018
Before the G-7 summit, Trump said that Mexico treats the U.S. "very unfairly." Here's why his campaign statement that Mexico could pay for the wall due to the trade deficit makes no sense: https://t.co/Uxs67aoMSr
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) June 8, 2018
Trump said the trade deficit hands jobs and wealth to other countries — here's why that's wrong https://t.co/HWR6YaApvl pic.twitter.com/GVGBXPzogi
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 7, 2018
If you care about the trade deficit, seems odd to pick on Canada and Mexico. . . pic.twitter.com/M1UTajaTLi
— Douglas Irwin (@D_A_Irwin) June 4, 2018
Sad! 