Thursday, February 19, 2026

Trade Deficit Up from Biden's Despite Trump Tariffs

The gap between the value of goods imported into the US and American products sold to other countries widened by 2.1% compared to 2024 despite Trump's tariffs, hitting roughly $1.2 trillion (890m), official figures show.

Posted by americanunity at 06:31 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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The goods trade deficit in 2025: highest in history. 🇺🇸 (via @horp.bsky.social)

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-- Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) Feb 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM

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Tired of "winning" yet?

#1 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-19 02:53 PM

I guess this explains in part why inflation keeps going up.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-02-19 03:07 PM

BTW: 2025 calendar year was the worst for American job creation in a non-recessionary year since 2003 " & the 2nd worst since 1960.

The 181,000 jobs created in 2025 are a sharp drop from the 1.46 million created in 2024 " a period Trump claims was an "economic catastrophe"

- Biden averaged 320,000 jobs a month
- Trump has averaged 1500 jobs a month since imposing tariffs.

#3 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-19 03:14 PM

The January jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics came in Wednesday morning and showed the nation added just 181,000 jobs between January 2025 and January 2026.

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-19 03:22 PM

"2025 calendar year was the worst for American job creation in a non-recessionary year since 2003"

2026: Hold my beer!

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-19 05:53 PM

But the Dow is at $49,395--that's a lot!
--MAGA investors, nearly none of whom have any money invested in the stock market

#6 | Posted by catdog at 2026-02-20 08:06 AM

They spent their children's Walmart training fund on Bitcoin.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-20 08:36 PM

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