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MEEKS: Does trade deficits constitute a national emergency? BESSENT: Yes MEEKS: Do you know that for the last four decades we have trade deficits and nobody said it was a national emergency?

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These people claim everything is an “emergency” to grab more power.

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The only emergency is the Trump administration. Let's declare them as such and toss them out of office.

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Because trade deficits ARE NOT a national emergency. Examples of national emergencies: Hurricanes, Wars, Terror Attacks etc.

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"but" , "well", "you see"

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Including the during the first term of the President currently in office…

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Every country in the world has deficits with someone or other.

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YES!!!!! Thank You!!!! @RepGregoryMeeks handed Scott Bessent and The Trump administration their asses!!!

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No he doesn't know that. He's a moron. Trump Admin is filled with nothing but guys just like him.

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Trade deficits alone aren’t the emergency—it’s the structural rot they expose. The U.S. ran $1.2T goods deficits in 2024 while federal spending ballooned 51.7% since 2019. For decades, D.C. normalized this imbalance, letting foreign competitors hollow out manufacturing while bureaucrats shoveled cash into bloated agencies. The national emergency declaration finally treats this as the crisis it is: a threat to supply chains, defense readiness, and economic sovereignty. Past leaders ignored the bleeding—now we’re stitching the wound.

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Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Stephen Miran: "President Donald J. Trump has been focused for many decades on trade deficits and decided, rightfully, that the accumulative trade deficits over the years were an emergency... they clearly haven't been in balance for decades, and that has ravaged our manufacturing sector and hurt our ability to defend ourselves."

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