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Trump Claims He Reached Deal With China To Reduce Car Tariffs

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12.03.18 | 7:19 am

Nicole LaFond is TPM’s deputy editor for news, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.
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  1. Can we just assume that this is another lie?

  2. Avatar for lafe19 lafe19 says:

    Yes. Or the “agreement” requires that we give China something that Congress will never pass.

  3. Various media are reporting this morning, after interviews with assorted Chinese trade representatives and government officials, that Trump doesn’t know WTF he’s talking about and they’re quite in the dark as to several of the deals and claims he making.

  4. Avatar for gajake gajake says:

    Reduce? Or Remove? Reduce, then remove? How is this supposed to be read? Can’t someone teach “President” Trump to tweet in plain English?

  5. No.

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