What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 31 Jan 2025? "They committed to buying $50 billion worth of farm product…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
They committed to buying $50 billion worth of farm product, and they did it when I was President. As soon as I left, they stopped doing it because there was nobody in Biden to enforce it.
China didn't stop buying. U.S. farm exports to China were $26.4 billion in 2020, his last full year, then rose to $32.8 billion in 2021 and $38.0 billion in 2022.
U.S. agricultural exports to China were $26.4 billion in 2020, his last full year in office. After he left they rose, to $32.8 billion in 2021 and $38.0 billion in 2022, then were $28.8 billion in 2023 and $24.4 billion in 2024 (USDA Economic Research Service, Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States).
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- Remarks on signing an executive order and an exchange with reporters in the Oval Office, White House.
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