CNN Fact-Checker Probes Trump Cabinet Meeting: 'A Bit Of Alternative History'
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Daniel Dale had a lot of ground to cover Thursday after the president made erroneous claims about his tariffs, immigration and former President Joe Biden.
President Donald Trump delivered some “alternative history” during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, says CNN’s fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale, who debunked the wide-ranging and erroneous claims about tariffs, immigration and former President Joe Biden on the air.
“President Trump keeps saying that the U.S. has a trillion-dollar trade deficit with China,” Dale said on CNN. “That’s about quadruple the actual figure, which was $263 billion last year. If you only count trade in goods and don’t count trade in services, it’s about $295 billion.”
“So still nowhere close,” he added.
Trump announced a sweeping 10% baseline tariff last week on all imports to the U.S., with levies on dozens of countries set even higher. He reversed course Wednesday with a 90-day pause on the higher rates for most affected trade partners — save for China, whose tariffs are now set at 145%.
The initial announcement on April 2 upended markets around the world and sparked fears of a global recession. Trump claimed Thursday that, during his first term, the tariffs he imposed “took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China,” a statement Dale easily debunked.
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