Donald Trump made a physically impossible claim about his tariff negotiations with China, and one reporter is sounding the alarm.
Politico's Washington-based China correspondent Phelim Kine appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, where he was asked about the President's claim that he has already sealed 200 tariff deals with various nations.
Not only is there no evidence to back that up, according to Kine, but it is also impossible because there are fewer than 200 countries in existence.
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He replied, "I think in terms of the claims by the President that he has already sealed 200 trade deals, I think there are only 195 countries on this earth. So there's five extra," he said, adding, "and it's unclear how the administration could have sealed the deals with the entire planet in 13 days."
Regarding Trump's claim that he's been in touch with the leader of China, the reporter said, "My sources here say that just hasn't happened. The only call that we know that Xi Jinping and Donald Trump has had happened on January 17th."
"So we're in this staring contest between the two largest economies of the world, and this staring contest has profound implications for their own economies, but for the world economy, and the fact that neither side is willing to budge really could tip this country's economy, at least, into a real danger zone very soon."
