Trump lies a lot, but he really seems to believe buying things = losing. My “trade deficit” with the supermarket is thousands a year. That’s fine, because I want food. America could eliminate the trade deficit today by buying less made abroad. We choose not to. And that’s fine.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1022074252999225344 …
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Replying to @NGrossman81
His wild misunderstanding of trade surplus and deficits are the only policy thing he's held constant all his life. There are interviews from the 80s with him saying the same stuff
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Replying to @emyxter
That’s why I think it’s a real, if misguided, belief.
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