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Trump Ripped As ‘Incredibly Stupid’ After Latest Remarks: ‘This Guy’s Brain Is Gone’

The president is being criticized for a bizarre economic take on Fed policy.

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In an Oval Office appearance on Monday, President Donald Trump made strange claims about economics and trade, which he’s already been mocked for.

According to HuffPost, Trump complained about the Federal Reserve being too reluctant to lower interest rates.

“We should have the lowest interest rates in the world,” the president told reporters.

“You take certain countries, I don’t want to mention any, but countries that you consider great, and they’re paying a half a point. All right? A half a point. But they make $40 billion a year with the United States. If they don’t make the 40 billion ― and we don’t need their product, doesn’t have to, we really don’t need their product ― so we cut off trade with that country, we just made $40 billion, and you do a few countries like that, and we become a big money machine.”

Trump, it appears, was talking mostly about Canada, with which he is currently engaged in a bitter trade war. It aligns with the arguments Trump has made in favor of tariffs and interest rate cuts throughout his presidency, often to the consternation of economists and other experts.

Various social media users pointed out just how wrong, and economically illiterate, Trump’s claims were.

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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