What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 25 Aug 2026?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
Over the last 10 years, the United States lost, on average, 60 Billion Dollars a year with Canada.
The goods trade deficit with Canada averaged about $38.5 billion a year from 2016 to 2025, not $60 billion, and topped $60 billion in only three of those years.
The Census Bureau puts the U.S. goods trade deficit with Canada at $10,985.3 million in 2016, $16,291.6 million in 2017, $18,843.1 million in 2018, $25,768.5 million in 2019, $13,813.3 million in 2020, $47,670.7 million in 2021, $78,333.4 million in 2022, $63,598.2 million in 2023, $61,166.0 million in 2024 and $48,302.3 million in 2025. Only three of those ten years were above $60 billion (U.S. Census Bureau, Trade in Goods with Canada).
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