"Trump continued to argue that interest rates have put the US at a competitive disadvantage to other world economies, tying it to the nation’s trade deficit by saying, “We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer.”
In the past, the president has threatened to cut off trade with partners that have a trade surplus, unless the Fed lowered rates."
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First seen: 2026-09-17 ·
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