Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME

Photo: President Donald Trump signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Abe McNatt via Flickr. US government work. Article by Leslie Dickstein and Simmone Shah. Time – April 25, 2025.

On April 22, just ahead of the 100th day of his second term, President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME in the White House. TIME has published the transcript of that conversation. Below is a review of some of Trump’s statements from the interview. What Trump Said: “We were losing $2 trillion a year on trade.” The Facts: The US had a trade deficit with the rest of the world of $917.8 billion in 2024, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. But this isn’t money “lost ” […]

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