Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Trump officials delayed farm trade report over forecast

Trump administration officials delayed and redacted a government forecast because it predicts an increase in the nation's trade deficit in farm goods later this year, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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More: The numbers run counter to President Donald Trump's messaging that his economic policies, including tariffs, will reduce U.S. trade imbalances. The politically inconvenient data prompted administration officials to block publication of the written analysis normally attached to the report because they disliked what it said about the deficit.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-06-04 10:51 AM

WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE! DONALD J. TRUMP IS AN ECONOMIC GENIUS!!

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-04 11:13 AM

Scott Besent just accused China of holding back products that are essential to the US industrial supply chain.

Clown ass administration.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-04 11:36 AM

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