Subject: Re: That EU Trade Deal
I think he also genuinely believes that trade deficits in goods mean the other country is ripping us off. That has no economic basis, of course; he just genuinely believes that.
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It doesn't make any economic sense, of course. But Trump really seems to believe that Trade Deficit Bad. So I think he actually thinks that this will be good for the American people.

So Trump really is a moron after all. ∎