What did Donald Trump claim about the economy on 28 Mar 2019?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We had a huge surplus with Mexico, then we did NAFTA. We lost over the last six, seven years, with Mexico, $100 billion. Before NAFTA, we made $40-$50 billion.
Nowhere near $40-$50 billion. The U.S. surplus with Mexico was about $2.1 billion, $5.4 billion and $1.7 billion in the three years before NAFTA, after deficits from 1985 to 1990.
Census Bureau data show U.S. goods-trade surpluses with Mexico of $2,147.6 million in 1991, $5,381.2 million in 1992 and $1,663.3 million in 1993, the three years before NAFTA took effect; from 1985 to 1990 the U.S. ran deficits with Mexico (Census Bureau, Trade in Goods with Mexico).
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- "Make America Great Again" rally at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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