This is so weird...I’m sure some of the most vocal on this issue have hoped this doesn’t surface...Sorry Lefties.
US trade gap falls 15 percent to $51.1 billion in January
Shucks, keep the trend up.
I mean I spent a decade listening to free market capitalists about how trade deficits were a good thing. Unfettered capitalism. Happy Faces on citizens like we're playing CIVII. More bang for your buck, that type of thing.
Personally while I don't like sending money to China to build their space force, I also appreciate that this new big government capitalistic China is LESS ridiculous than the old Communist one.
Far as why this isn't front page news, you have a number of ridiculous tweets, a President who is thrilled not to be going to jail and some scandal involving schools and celebrities. Also, these things happen on a monthly basis. Keep it up for the year balanced compared to the welfare given farmers and we'll talk.
U.S. trade balance 2000-2018 | Statistic