Donald Trump speaking at the Iowa Republican Party's 2015 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
President Donald Trump was roasted online after The New York Times revealed that Mexico had already agreed to most of their concessions -- before the president even launched his trade war.
“The deal to avert tariffs that President Trump announced with great fanfare on Friday night consists largely of actions that Mexico had already promised to take in prior discussions with the United States over the past several months, according to officials from both countries who are familiar with the negotiations,” The Times reported.
On Twitter, the president's favorite social media platform, the criticism was quick and harsh.
Here is what some people were saying:
