[alistairSH]

Trump replaced NAFTA with USMCA during his first term. He claimed it was the best deal ever.

This term, he's claiming the deal is terrible and starting a trade war (which is likely not winnable and probably ends up settling for something approximating NAFTA again).

Which is it? Best deal ever, or crap? He's lying about one.

[JohnTHaller]

As part of it, Trump signed the "deal" that had Canada supplying power to 3 states. The same thing he later railed against and wanted to know who could have possibly done it. It was him.

[nodoll]

So I searched for "NAFTA USMCA difference" and there are a lot of articles that describe the differences.

I agree that Trump sometimes exaggerate stuff, but that does not mean that there is nothing is there.

I think It is very dishonest to claim that all the current administration is doing is just continuing what the previous ones did, but with changed names.

[ttw44]

If we want to play the "whos more dishonest" game, we should probably look at what he said about his own trade agreement years later.

[BLKNSLVR]

The point of the argument you were replying to was that Trump signed the USMCA in his first term, but it's now saying it's a terrible deal for the US and reason enough to start a trade war with Canada over.

A deal he himself signed.

Trump doesn't just exaggerate. Trump outright lies. Minute by minute.

[nodoll]

Even if that is true, that only make him look better. He made a mistake and is now correcting it. Not sure why it is a bad thing.

[actionfromafar]

Trump signed USMCA. Now he claims some idiot did USMCA.

[blitzar]

Both facts check out.