Trade deficits are sketchy things. China is funnelling a lot of goods through Mexico and Canada.
The problem is that the trade deficit of the US with China didn't went down. It is as high as under Obama. And the overall trade deficit of the US hit record highs this year. I remember a Trump that called all that out. Now he doesn't talk about it. Someone should explain me how the USMCA deal is so great when Ford, GM and FCA closed 7 car factories in the US and Canada after the deal was signed but not a single one in Mexico.
Under Trump, America has seen unprecedented growth well beyond what anyone else predicted and GDP growth that was deemed impossible that was easily met.
This is not true. Trump had his best year in 2018 with a GDP growth of 2.9%. Obama had the same growth in 2016. 2019 the GDP growth was 2.3%. This year there won't be an increase. It will be a massive contraction. As comparison, Trudeau had a year with 3.0% GDP growth.
As for interest rates and debt. Look at what Trump wants to do. The Republicans in Congress don't want a second stimulus package of more than a trillion. The Democrats want two trillion and what does Trump want? Over $3 trillion. I remember a time where Conservatives would call out such debt levels. I see it with Conservatives in Canada. They call out the Liberals on spending. But Trump, a Conservative in the US, is on pace to spend more in 4 years than Obama did in 8 years. This is not Conservatism.
He has actively tried to remove troops from middle east ...
This is the only topic I would give credit too him. But to win on this, he will have to do more. There are still US troops in Syria. There are still troops in Iraq and there are still troops in Afghanistan. He promised to bring them all home.
The problem is that the trade deficit of the US with China didn't went down. It is as high as under Obama. And the overall trade deficit of the US hit record highs this year. I remember a Trump that called all that out. Now he doesn't talk about it. Someone should explain me how the USMCA deal is so great when Ford, GM and FCA closed 7 car factories in the US and Canada after the deal was signed but not a single one in Mexico.
This is not true. Trump had his best year in 2018 with a GDP growth of 2.9%. Obama had the same growth in 2016. 2019 the GDP growth was 2.3%. This year there won't be an increase. It will be a massive contraction. As comparison, Trudeau had a year with 3.0% GDP growth.
As for interest rates and debt. Look at what Trump wants to do. The Republicans in Congress don't want a second stimulus package of more than a trillion. The Democrats want two trillion and what does Trump want? Over $3 trillion. I remember a time where Conservatives would call out such debt levels. I see it with Conservatives in Canada. They call out the Liberals on spending. But Trump, a Conservative in the US, is on pace to spend more in 4 years than Obama did in 8 years. This is not Conservatism.
This is the only topic I would give credit too him. But to win on this, he will have to do more. There are still US troops in Syria. There are still troops in Iraq and there are still troops in Afghanistan. He promised to bring them all home.