Reality verify: Trump falsely claims no different president has ever ended a warfare

[ad_1] President Donald Trump made a number of false claims to the press throughout a Friday assembly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the White Home – together with a long-debunked declare in regards to the warfare in Ukraine.

Trump repeated his <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F15%2Fpolitics%2Ffact-check-trump-ukraine-war&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935638831%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1lECzx2ECbFpsz9ch%2Fj4YkloUwp9qBQnpUH9smNSBA0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">previous fake history about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FAcyn%2Fstatus%2F1979249590571536685&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935674049%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zh113FMqdrt42MPCMMyURsYCSM6siQ91lK5rsHqjOtI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">saying that Russia didn't win the warfare in a mere week as a result of it determined to invade by muddy floor somewhat than merely utilizing highways.

“They received caught within the mud. They might’ve been in Kyiv in a short time. They had been heading to Kyiv,” including moments later, “That was a really attention-grabbing second. When the tanks began rolling and a few good normal mentioned, ‘Let’s undergo the mud as a substitute of taking place the freeway.’ Proper? In order that they received a bit of bit fortunate.”

That is <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F15%2Fpolitics%2Ffact-check-trump-ukraine-war&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935694864%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QKkccxrSwqw%2FYJ0cjFu2StuYIwtW0SGpcsg45w4vokk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">not what happened , as navy analysts and varied Ukrainians have identified because the president started making <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fmylovanov%2Fstatus%2F1923628324770758975%3Fs%3D46&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935711527%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BdQIRTWUSpMrUtxxjFuF3ifuJ69KIYlSB2%2FvTmQGt7M%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">similar claims earlier within the yr. In actuality, Russia tried and didn't make it to Kyiv utilizing roads and highways. Its tanks had been <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2022%2F04%2F02%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fkyiv-invasion-disaster.html&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935730529%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uXkBoR47t5zPnYK9KYOhJaJg2qOXQliy9%2F2mBATz1Xs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">thwarted by <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnational-security%2Finteractive%2F2022%2Fkyiv-battle-ukraine-survival%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935748795%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=RSVwHbsL3MyoQ7pam72HeKZXrwrbXjizn%2FBU34nbOac%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">fierce Ukrainian resistance and <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2022%2F03%2F11%2Feurope%2Fkyiv-russian-convoy-intl&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935770103%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=th6i8YxseWtKo1G4TJ74fku2fh9hEJRNggvUfrKYInA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">logistical problems along with muddy circumstances.

“Russian forces used roads and highways as a lot as potential through the preliminary invasion, and took heavy losses on a lot of them. Russian tanks did get caught within the mud through the preliminary invasion, however this was typically after they struggled to advance alongside roads,” mentioned <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fpri.org%2Fcontributor%2Frob-lee%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935787039%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QA1v1rLYuIBzM0empb5fJTnYar70cfP%2BeYyZMzJQC1Y%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Rob Lee , a senior fellow within the Overseas Coverage Analysis Institute’s Eurasia Program who has intently adopted navy ways through the warfare. “One of many components that hindered Russia’s invasion is that there have been not many good highways and roads main from Belarus to Kyiv, which <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frdl.train.army.mil%2Fcatalog-ws%2Fview%2F100.ATSC%2F7E26DDC1-397E-42E6-A56B-08BA6B24CC16-1361562976212%2Freport.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935803912%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mXyMqB8%2BbrwC%2Bx%2FglGeGqxtmivTr5J2Zhwz6i9T6Dlg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">canalized their forces.”

When CNN requested the White Home for remark <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F15%2Fpolitics%2Ffact-check-trump-ukraine-war&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935819849%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XsfAPxgXvpYkoyP5gONG4rUVkguvBqeMnFz0ccVe5F4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">in August , an official responding on situation of anonymity famous that Russian tanks did get caught in mud <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftaskandpurpose.com%2Fnews%2Frussian-tanks-stuck-mud-ukraine%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935836144%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jZ7nqqNK6kUH6axl7zbo5OQenkTKeOiD%2FQy4X%2BlR4z8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">during and even before the invasion. The official offered hyperlinks to some <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-europe-64664944&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935852541%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VVeUO9X2m%2FuvSZjSfXa2WtWUbdwJUj74tfkVwvGwYMg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">articles that talked about this occurring.

However even a kind of articles clearly contradicted Trump’s claims that Russia didn’t make it to Kyiv as a result of it selected to not use highways. The article <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthayerleadership.com%2Fleadership-blog%2Fthe-untold-story-of-the-battle-for-kyiv%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935869241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=yvVmhoTUmokADvMHNxZzubdp7GlbQz4Om2bwgvEcZvY%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">said , “The Russians invaded utilizing Ukraine’s main highways anticipating a blitzkrieg-like assault that will leverage velocity and overwhelming firepower to seize the capital metropolis of Kyiv.”

Earlier presidents and wars

Trump repeated his common false declare that he has “solved” or “ended” eight wars. That determine is a <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F09%2F24%2Fworld%2Fseven-unendable-wars-trump-intl&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935887800%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xYhVDe0L2npCAsbfeOnX%2BHQbEpqqpY8QLLsN0Bo%2FZTA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">significant exaggeration – counting two disputes that weren’t really wars and one warfare that's nonetheless operating. (You'll be able to learn extra <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F10%2F17%2Fpolitics%2Ffact-check-trump-drug-prices-wars-shutdown&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935905579%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=U4zZXsEXKf0PZAc%2F1VoSIIz83RvlwFl4ks3gm48MSjQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">here .) He additionally delivered a model of a false declare <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FAcyn%2Fstatus%2F1978921705134526952&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935921374%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9hhbOgRpTSmcVHk4zt98ltVRUNDSxNy%2BojE7vkwAslo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">he started making on Thursday – suggesting no different president has ever ended a warfare.

“So to one of the best of my data we’ve by no means had a president that solved one warfare. Not one warfare,” he <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FAcyn%2Fstatus%2F1979247045350428880&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935938443%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HPAfXbJLC%2F%2FF21cQEyd5hXGmiTYVJzhqZPI%2F7aE8xGQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">said this time, including, “Plenty of them begin wars, however they don’t clear up the wars, they don’t settle them.”

We will’t say for positive what historical past Trump has “data” about, however this narrative is nonsense. US presidents have performed a serious function in ending varied wars by profitable these wars, together with World Battle I, World Battle II and the Gulf Battle. As well as, presidents have brokered quite a few peace agreements in wars not being fought by the US.

President Theodore Roosevelt <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nobelprize.org%2Fprizes%2Fpeace%2F1906%2Fsummary%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935954593%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=teI5nBgNe0TxeCnVsQ8wrRwjh2pMByL2WReeN8SjjXQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his function in a peace settlement ending a warfare between the Russian and Japanese empires; President Jimmy Carter performed a serious function in brokering a <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.nytimes.com%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Flearning%2Fgeneral%2Fonthisday%2Fbig%2F0326.html%3Fmodule%3Dinline&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935970537%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iZhE6BdSh4RoRnIA9oPnSe9ExK6EAlvu1jSf%2B6gjAzk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">1979 peace agreement to finish a long-running state of warfare between Egypt and Israel; President Invoice Clinton performed a serious function within the <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1995%2F11%2F23%2Fworld%2Fbalkan-accord-play-play21-days-dayton-special-report-us-eyes-good-muslims-bad.html&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7Cea78f990e3c9416be7da08de0db00b9f%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963246935986197%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ion8IX748PBp%2B8KLbIFULqYm9hjmDG1Gpsjs9cMQxtk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">1995 peace agreement that ended the Bosnian Battle; US administrations have mediated a protracted listing of different armed conflicts.

Trump claimed, as he has for years, that he gave Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine whereas former President Barack Obama “gave them sheets.” Whereas it’s true that Trump offered Javelins and different weapons to Ukraine and that Obama declined to take action, Obama didn’t give Ukraine mere bedsheets (or pillows and bedsheets, as Trump has additionally mentioned). Somewhat, the Obama administration offered greater than <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcrsreports.congress.gov%2Fproduct%2Fpdf%2FRL%2FRL33460&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885653610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FLMTtCaa%2BBnuhSyNQGj4MGjXnL0KQj1ac7NkAJjNPW8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">$600 million in safety help to Ukraine between 2014 and 2016 that <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F09%2F26%2Fpolitics%2Fdonald-trump-barack-obama-ukraine-military-aid-sheets-pillows-fact-check%2Findex.html&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885677123%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EgNo4%2BlHbPntu6vdUsAjRYOZDfV7%2FdnSI6Swmi7r6I4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">included counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars, armored Humvees, tactical drones, night time imaginative and prescient gadgets and medical provides. Trump repeated his standard lie that the 2020 election “was rigged.” He legitimately misplaced a good election to Joe Biden. Trump repeated his false declare that, by tariffs, “we took in tons of of billions of {dollars} in my first time period from China.” In actuality, US importers, not China or different overseas nations, make the tariff funds to the US authorities, and so they typically move on at the very least a few of their prices to shoppers; <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nber.org%2Fpapers%2Fw25638&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885696028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YTlwe%2FL9vgANHd6lCJf1ASo8jn0IjgIRqzgzQ12WsdE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">study after <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nber.org%2Fpapers%2Fw25672&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885712237%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0HlVNZ0gtyvCgU5l%2FoleRqpWyQmLqqmDOVZDvkDOdPE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">study , together with <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usitc.gov%2Fpublications%2F332%2Fpub5405.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885728493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xWdquz%2FkM9TQlkXrFEnJQM08RsNI57rXga2qtYQ%2BE7E%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">one from the federal government’s bipartisan US International Trade Commission , <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Fnewsletters%2F2023-03-16%2Fsupply-chain-latest-us-importers-bore-cost-of-trump-s-china-tariffs-itc-says&data=05%7C02%7Csteven.nannes%40cnn.com%7C4a0e676ddb0c4657aafb08de0db2d539%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638963258885743837%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4T5ceKD%2Be37%2FuedBUJFEUi%2FBWqExgKkDdJFesGAjSms%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">found that People bore nearly all the value of Trump’s first-term tariffs on Chinese language merchandise. Trump repeated a false declare he made throughout his first presidency, saying {that a} Democratic senator, Sen. 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