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March 16, 2018

Trump Tells Republican Donors He Made Up Claim on Canada Trade
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President Trump boasted to wealthy Republican donors on Wednesday that
he made up a claim about trade deficits during a recent private
conversation he had with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In an
audio recording obtained by The Washington Post, Trump is reportedly
heard telling the donors that he insisted to Trudeau that the U.S. has a
trade deficit with Canada-even though he was completely unsure about
whether the statement was true. In fact, the U.S. has a trade surplus
with Canada. On Thursday, Trump repeated the lie, tweeting, "We do have
a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of
them massive)."


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