Trade Deficit Is Near Record High Despite Tariffs
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February 19, 2026
In a Truth Social post Wednesday night, President Trump said his tariffs had brought down the trade deficit by 78%, but government figures released the next day told a very different story. According to the Commerce Department, the gap between goods and services sold to the US and what it...
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