Trump Cabinet Member Admits The President Has Been 'Lying' About Trade Agreements

1. The president has made a number of claims about enormous amounts of money being promised by foreign countries in his various negotiations. Treasury Secretary Bessent, however, provided some hard numbers in the legal filing, brought by Solicitor General John Sauer, that told a much smaller picture. "The frameworks for trade agreements already in place contain additional provisions 'whereby the trade partners agree to significant purchases from and/or investments in the United States," said the statement. "These agreed upon frameworks total in the multiple trillions of dollars. The longer the delay in a ruling, the greater these commitments will become. If these agreed upon frameworks were unwound and the investments and purchases had to be repaid, the economic consequences would be catastrophic." Do you think President Trump has been honest about his tentative trade deals?

2. If you add it all up, Bessent is only alleging $2.35 trillion in promised investments into the U.S. — way less than Trump's boasts of $15 trillion. Wheeler noted, "In short, Scott Bessent just confessed that Trump has been lying in his claims about tariffs." The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found Trump could not impose the tariffs as currently established under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) because this act did not grant the president that power. Do you support President Trump's trade war with the rest of the world?