Trump Economic Adviser has Ridiculous Defense for Lack of Trade Deals: Kevin Hassett snapped when asked why Donald Trump has only made a few trade deals.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195461/donald-trump-economic-adviser-defense-trade-deals

by HenryCorp

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  1. > running out of time on its self-imposed 90-day deadline to craft 90 trade agreements in the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff pitch. By mid-April, the administration claimed it had more than a dozen potential deals in the works with nations eager to sort out their trade arrangements with the United States. But since then, the White House has had practically nothing positive to show for its drastic economic overhaul.

    > “You told us even before ‘Liberation Day’ that you had 15 countries that were on the brink of making a deal. It’s been nearly two months and you’ve had one deal, so what is the holdup?” asked a reporter.

  3. Trump promised up to seven trillion dollars of economic growth from trade and tariffs. I have a feeling based on past experience that Trump is full of crap!

  4. The guy is a mindless fool. All he can do is parrot stupid lies that he is fed for breakfast

  5. >Some of those nations could be banking on the fact that the U.S. will be the first to feel the sting of Trump’s tariffs, forcing a policy change from within, before they have to show their own hands.

    The assumption here is that these policies are not intended to sting the US economy. This administration’s unstated goal is to destroy the USA, full stop.

  6. The Trump team are going to do some behind the scenes promises to get a few countries to agree to sweetheart deals, then they will parade these around as great victories.

  7. Because Trump wants to grift, bribe, and pump and dump more?

  8. A “few”? One? How about ZERO. And don’t give me this UK bullshit. Nothing has been signed yet. The auto industry is absolutely apeshit over the deal they are giving Mini too.

  9. “Snapped”?? Last time I checked they serve the public and not the other way around. If I snapped at my boss, I’d be fired.

  10. I thought Trump said they’d made deals with 200 countries?

    And the UK “deal” is basically an agreement to have talks to discuss making a deal at a future date.

    China? They just reduced tariffs, that isn’t a trade deal.

    The Arabian Grift Trip wasn’t trade deals, it was private deals to make specific people richer.

    The smoke is blowing away and the mirror is pretty dirty, we can all see through the BS, don’t they know that?

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