The Economy

[Wilson23]

Trump Announces Tariffs Have Slashed U.S. Trade Deficit by 78%.​

Well, of course. Tariffs discourage imports.

 

[ll74]

Trump Announces Tariffs Have Slashed U.S. Trade Deficit by 78%.​

He's lying.

 

[Rightguide]

He's lying.

Prove it.

 

[ll74]

Prove it.

From your article

Data released last December showed the trade deficit fell sharply just months prior, declining 10.9 percent to $52.8 billion. Data from October 2025 shows the U.S. trade deficit fell to $29.4 billion, marking a 39 percent decline and the lowest level since 2009.

 

[RobDownSouth]

From your article

wouldn't it be something if the feckless Rightguide actually summoned up enough courage to admit you were right?

I mean, obviously it won't happen today or anytime soon, but I think it'd be a wonderful goal for him to strive for.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Trump Announces Tariffs Have Slashed U.S. Trade Deficit by 78%.​

Gullible MAGA sheep believes Trump’s lies.

FACT CHECK:

The trade deficit increased 32% in December. The goods deficit increased and the services surplus decreased.

Annual trade balance
2024 trade deficit: $903.5 billion
2025 trade deficit: $901.5 billion (0.22% decrease)

Despite higher tariffs, imports of goods increased $143 billion in 2025 from 2024. Exports of goods increased $118 billion in 2025 from 2024.

 

[MajorRewrite]

From your article

You could’ve referred RightGuide to the actual up-to-date December data I posted just above his comment.

 

[ll74]

You could’ve referred RightGuide to the actual up-to-date December data I posted just above his comment.

It was easier to point to his article.

Either one is sufficient to.show the President is lying.

 

[Lazaran]

The 2025 fourth quarter GDP keeps getting revised downward.

Once touted at 5.4% growth, the current fourth quarter GDP estimate has been revised down to 3,0 % growth:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...ses-q4-gdp-growth-downward-to-3-0/ar-AA1WGjtl

From the report:

“That Atlanta Fed GDPNow revised its Q4 2025 real GDP growth rate estimate to 3.0%, down from the 3.6% it estimated on Wednesday, citing negative effects from international trade data and advance economic indicators.

The latest estimate contrasts with the 5.4% rate estimated on Jan. 22, 2026, but is little changed from its initial estimate of 3.0% made on Dec. 23. The model represents a running estimate of U.S. GDP growth and is revised when material new economic data is released.”



And the first quarter GDP is expected to be in the 1.8% range… for now…



WE. TOLD. THEM. SO.

 

[OralAllOver]

I bet that I want to place
I wager that every number ever said by Trump is false .... EVERY .. age, # of kids ..

Oh we do know that he's a scholarship level wide receiver: 6.2 220 lbs

 

[OralAllOver]

Do people understand what is going to happen when the AI bubble bursts??? (Note: AI is pretty much responsible for ALL gains in the markets in the last year or so.)

Today’s stock market activity was a small taste of the pain that is coming, imho.

And the crazy thing is companies are enacting and justifying mass layoffs on the basis of the PROMISE of AI, rather than the fundamentals.

I’ve got a bad “EDUCATED feeling” about this…



We. Told. Them. So.

Yeah... and all these small towns (in red states) who've mortgaged their future to entice Musk et al .... They living dangerously

 

[Lazaran]

Yeah... and all these small towns (in red states) who've mortgaged their future to entice Musk et al .... They living dangerously

I see a major push to make “fetch” (AI) happen…



I only hope AI produces a relatively solid return on the investment.

If not…

 

[heathrowinneo]

3 articles on tariffs from the administration, fed and census. Seems the tariffs are not getting the job done.

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2026/02/who-is-paying-for-the-2025-u-s-tariffs/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/has...be-disciplined-worst-paper-ive-ever-seen.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/us-...1-billion-in-2025-despite-trumps-tariffs.html

 

[Iluv17]

 

[ll74]

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If it comes out of his mouth, it's horseshit.

 

[Iluv17]

If it comes out of his mouth, it's horseshit.

Lol keep thinking that way! Lmao its no wonder your brain dead! Remain insane, no drain on the brain! Is Wilson your alt?

 

[ll74]

Lol keep thinking that way! Lmao its no wonder your brain dead! Remain insane, no drain on the brain! Is Wilson your alt?

You have given me multiple things he has said today that were easily proven lies.
You ignored it.

Ignoring the lies doesn't make them truth

 

[MajorRewrite]

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The “hundreds of billions” of tariff taxes were paid by American businesses and consumers. Largest tax increase since the 1960s.

Goods imports increased $143 billion in 2025, despite the protectionist tariffs.

Trump is in GITMO.

 

[Buffalogurl]

The “hundreds of billions” of tariff taxes were paid by American businesses and consumers. Largest tax increase since the 1960s.

Goods imports increased $143 billion in 2025, despite the protectionist tariffs.

Trump is in GITMO.

There exists a simple way to avoid paying the tarriff taxes...........don't purchase anything with a tarriff attached to it, simple....... in fact it requires no effort ......just don't do it...... F.T.W.......

 

[ll74]

There exists a simple way to avoid paying the tarriff taxes...........don't purchase anything with a tarriff attached to it, simple....... in fact it requires no effort ......just don't do it...... F.T.W.......

What specific products are these?

 

[Buffalogurl]

I see a major push to make “fetch” (AI) happen…



I only hope AI produces a relatively solid return on the investment.

If not…

We'll see how you like A.I. after A.I. replaces your position.........

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

The “hundreds of billions” of tariff taxes were paid by American businesses and consumers. Largest tax increase since the 1960s.

Goods imports increased $143 billion in 2025, despite the protectionist tariffs.

Trump is in GITMO.

Suckers, plain and simple, for those that believe tariffs are paid by someone other than the importer or consumer. Or maybe the tilte is cultist. Either way Trump is screwing Americans.

 

[Buffalogurl]

Suckers, plain and simple, for those that believe tariffs are paid by someone other than the importer or consumer. Or maybe the tilte is cultist. Either way Trump is screwing Americans.

No one is requiring you, or anyone for that matter to purchase tariffed products......

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

No one is requiring you, or anyone for that matter to purchase tariffed products......

That's right. The problem is so many items are tariffed. And in some cases prices are spiraling upwards. Affordability. Many can't afford basic items ans necessities due to tariff costs and rising costs. The current path our economy is on isn't gilded or affordable.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Inflation heated up in December. Core prices (which exclude food and energy) were up 3% from a year earlier.

Prices rose 0.4% in December from the previous month, up from 0.2% in November, the Commerce Department said Friday in a report that was delayed by the six-week government shutdown last fall. Compared with a year ago, inflation rose 2.9% in December, up from 2.8% in November.

Core prices — which exclude the volatile food and energy categories — also rose 0.4% in December from the previous month, up from 0.2% in November. Core prices jumped 3% in December from a year ago, faster than November’s 2.8% increase.