What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 8 Feb 2025?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We owe $36 trillion. That's because we let all these nations take advantage of us. Same thing, like 200 billion with Canada. We owe 300 -- we have a deficit with Mexico of $350 billion.
About half that. The 2024 U.S. goods trade deficit with Mexico was $171.8 billion, not $350 billion.
The U.S. goods trade deficit with Mexico in 2024 was $171.8 billion (Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau, annual 2024 trade release, Feb. 5, 2025).
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- Interview with Bret Baier of Fox News, recorded at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and aired in the Super Bowl LIX pregame show on Feb. 9, 2025.
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