Trade deficit is...uhh...tell us, Oh Mainstream Media! An' what does it MEAN? [crickets]

If you're a typical American adult, you probably don't know much about the "trade deficit."  Not how much per month or year, not what it's been in the past 20 years, not whether high or low is good or bad.

And of course the Mainstream Media is delighted to continue either lying to ya or just saying nothing about it.  When Obozo or the Vegetable were in office, the Media didn't worry about the trade deficit.  Economists knew it was hurting our economy because we were throwing, oh, $100 billion a MONTH to other nations instead of keeping it here in our economy, but the Media didn't say even a mildly critical word, cuz when Democrats have the presidency the Mainstream Media doesn't allow any bad news, eh?

Now that Trump is prez, the monthly trade deficit has fallen to about one-third of what it was when he took office.  Economists consider that good news, but you'd never know it by reading the NY Times or any other Lying Mainstream Media rag.  Instead they claim what a dramatically lower trade deficit REALLY means is...wait for it..."Americans can't afford to buy imported goods, like cars or computers or TVs!!"  

And why can't they afford those things now?  Why, Trump's eeeebil tariffs, of course!

Three hours ago the NYT posted this article:

U.S. trade deficit fell to lowest level since 2009

Immediately--as if responding to a talking point--357 commenters on Fakebook alone popped up to claim "Dis beez BAD NEWS!"  Or merely not good news.  Anything to make voters recoil from anything Trump does--like deporting murderers and arresting the corrupt head of the drug-centered nation of Venezuela, eh?

SO one commenter wailed,
    "Gee, sounds like our population cannot afford to purchase imported goods, electronics, household appliances, vehicles, clothing, furniture, lumber, steel, shoes etc."

Another: "An indicator that Americans have less money."

Another: "So commerce has contracted."  Really, ya lyin' bastard?  GDP is WAY up--something close to 4 percent, a figure never remotely approached under either bribem or Obozo.

 Another: "Trade deficit is not an economic indicator of anything and never has been."  

Really?

Another: "So Americans just stopped buying more expensive items.  I'm sure it has nothing to do with the overall downtown of the economy."
    Again, GDP way up, but these lying sons of whores say economy is down.  And of course no Mainstream Media rat-bastard tries to set the record straight.

Finally: "But at what cost to integrity & respect?"

Ohhh, absolutely!  "We haz lost ouah integrity and respek!  By importing less!  It's an offense to guud pipo everywhere!"

I could go on for another 300 comments but you get the idea.  But keep in mind all duh comments in duh Times are from Democrats, who mus' be smaaaht cuz dey read duh Times, eh?  

This is how socialist Muslims like Momdani get elected by NYC voters.