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Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis bergdorf. Judging by new reports and the president s own tweets, donald trump is seeking to end Special Counsel muellers investigation one way or another. Three sources tell the New York Times trump is flouting his lawyers advice and pushing for an interview with Robert Mueller in hopes it will clear his name. The report came hours after the president released seven tweets with misleading claims about the probes origin, writing, this is a...

Tonight, a trump record that is not one he wants to celebrate. americas annual trade deficit at a ten-year high. and when it comes to goods, things we buy and sell, physical things, a record. all-time. this was something that president trump put at the core of his agenda. he said those days were over. >> how many nations can have a trade deficit of -- with one country, $505 billion. okay? nobody. you cant go on like that. china, this year, going to make $500 billion in terms of trade deficit. ca...

States. negotiations for which reportedly are at a stalemate. a senior administration official told reporters that no particular chinese action led to trumps latest trade threat. in a recent interview with cnbc, the president threatened to impose tariffs on all $505 billion worth of goods china exports to the united states per year. meanwhile, the senate yesterday passed a defense bill that tightens national security reviews of chinese corporate deals while overhauling rolls over which u.s. tech...

Now he has ordered the trade representative to draw up more tariffs, not only that, but trump says that if china reciprocates again which beijing adds that it will, the u.s. will add more tariffs. that nearly equals the total value of chinese goods exported to the u.s. last year which was just over $505 billion. last year the u.s. exported roughly $130 billion worth of goods to china and the vice president which represents several major american exporters including caterpillar and john deere say...

China seem as confused as anyone else, but the issue appears to be crystal clear in the mind of the u.s. president. >> were putting tariffs on $50 billion worth of technology and other things because we have to. because weve been treated very unfairly. but china has been terrific. president xi has been terrific. president moon. everybody. were and he will working toget. >> reporter: china is consistent in its stance that if the u.s. side adopts any unilateral protectionist measures and damages c...

He later tweeted when youre already $500 billion down, you cant lose. regardless of how you feel about trade deficits, the president is lying. according to the commerce department, the gap between chinese goods and services imported into the united states and american goods and services exported to china was just over $375 billion in 2017, up from $347 billion in 2016. there is no way you can add or subtract these numbers to get to $500 billion. thats just a made-up number by the president. the ...

Breakthrough. thank you so much for that. it appears donald trump is picking on ted cruzs canadian birth in more ways than one. "born in the usa" has been heard at trump rallies recently. watch this clip at his latest rally. >> hes been really, really nice, other than the last couple days get. ing a little testy. i have been waiting. you have to make sure you can run. a lot lawyers say you cant run. you cant be a canadian citizen. >> trump showed off his imagine appeal, his blunt style. but it...

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