Lie July 29, 2018 · Social post · Trade

“The biggest and best results coming out of the good GDP report was that the quarterly Trade Deficit has been reduced by $52 Billion and, of course, the historically low unemployment numbers, especially for African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Women.”

Said
July 29, 2018
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
5 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 3860)

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More lies about trade

  1. Jul 30, 2018 · Press conference“We've had numbers that nobody believed possible, especially if you look at one particular fact that was not reported very much. Trade deficit, $52 billion reduction in the trade deficit for the quarter.”
  2. Jul 31, 2018 · Rally“U.S. Steel just announced they are building six new steel mills.”
  3. Jul 31, 2018 · Remarks“Last quarter, as you know, our GDP grew 4.1 percent and I think it’s going to go a lot higher than that. ... $52 billion trade deficit reduction.”
  4. Jul 27, 2018 · Interview“That’s so important, a $52 billion drop in trade deficits, that hasn’t happened for decades.”
  5. Jul 27, 2018 · Remarks“Half of them had tears coming down because we opened a tremendous United States Steel plant. They’re opening up seven other plants.”
  6. Aug 1, 2018 · Interview“You look at farm and farming, it's been going down for 15 years. Soybeans, five years before the election, was cut in half! The price was cut in half.”