Trade deficits widen, because EVERYTHING SOLD IN EVERY SINGLE STORE IN AMERICA is made in China.
(almost)
Our economic improvement is not driving the deficit. Chinese unfair trade practices, are driving our trade deficit.
Don’t get me wrong. Trump is the only person I wanted to be president now. Head and shoulders, the man.
But on trade, I have yet to see any movement.
Ther isn’t one country on this planet that can project sustained offensive power against the US. Yet the US can project that power anywhere they choose. No one has the supply chain we have as well as the air and sea power.