Asked if he’s still going ahead with his tariffs, Trump says, “The United States has been taken advantage of by other countries,” friends and foes, then falsely says the US has an $800B trade deficit, which is only the goods deficit.
Trump twice falsely says the US has a $500 billion per year deficit with China. It’s $375 billion even if you only count foods.
Trump says the European Union makes it almost impossible to do business there (?). He again threatens a 25% tariff on European cars.
Trump repeats his commitment to steel and aluminum tariffs. He repeats his NAFTA remarks, saying that “there will be no reason” to impose the tariffs on Canada and Mexico if NAFTA is successfully renegoatiated.
Trump says he’s going to impose his tariffs in “a very loving way.”
Trump’s NAFTA remarks are bizarre given his rationale for the tariffs. He’s saying there’ll be no reason to impose “national security” steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada if...Canada gets fairer to the US on other economic issues.
Trump is now claiming his own government’s data is “not right,” claiming China actually sending much more steel than 2%, since it is sending steel to other countries which then send it to the US.
Trump says he was "one of the first ones" to say Sweden has a problem with immigration, and "took a little heat," but it's okay because he was proven "right."
He took heat because he invented a nonexistent incident "last night in Sweden."
He took heat because he invented a nonexistent incident "last night in Sweden."
Trump called first on Fox News, then the Daily Caller, which is not a good internet site.
"I like conflict. I like having two people with different points of view...I like watching it, I like seeing it," Trump says of his decision-making style.
Trump with quite a lie on White House personnel: "I have a choice of anybody"...With any position, "I have a choice of the 10 top people."
Quite a day at the White House: the president gives a question to the Daily Caller, which asks the prime minister of Sweden if he still thinks immigrants aren't a crime problem.
Trump on Russian meddling: "Certainly there was meddling, and probably there was meddling from other countries."
Trump falsely claims that Black and Hispanic unemployment are at all-time lows. Neither is. Black unemployment spiked from a record 6.8% in December to 7.7% in January.
Trump says he's not worried about future Russian meddling because "we'll counteract whatever they do." NSA chief Rogers testified in February that Trump hadn't given him the authority to disrupt Russian election hacking operations where they originate.
Trump concludes: “Sweden’s a great country. It’s small, but it’s very sharp.”
Trump said, "When we're behind on every single country, trade wars aren't so bad."
The U.S. has a trade surplus - even if you exclude services trade - with more than half of all its trading partners.
Here's the official list: dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/cy_m3_… …
The U.S. has a trade surplus - even if you exclude services trade - with more than half of all its trading partners.
Here's the official list: dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/cy_m3_… …
Trump said that when you have a trade deficit, "The trade war hurts them, it doesn’t hurt us.” He does not acknowledge even the possibility of mutual harm - he speaks of trade as if it's a battle to be the one winning champion.
"Unless they can do something for us": with Canada, Mexico and now Europe, Trump is saying he'd abandon his "national security" steel and aluminum tariffs if other countries make concessions on unrelated trade issues: abcnews.go.com/Politics/presi… 
This is supposed to say "goods," not "foods."
