“U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
What FactCheck.org found
The trade deficit for goods and services has grown under Trump compared with the levels under his predecessor. But the deficit was at much higher levels between 2004 and 2008.
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In short
Joe Biden (Democratic presidential nominee) made this claim around 9 September 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
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