“‘Thank you, Mr. Tariff!’: The US just posted a massive 55% deficit cut — Trump calls it the ‘biggest drop in history’”

“According to the latest U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the goods and services deficit for January and February 2026 fell by $136.1 billion, or 54.8%, compared to the same period in 2025 (2).

A trade deficit occurs when a country imports more than it exports — and the U.S. has carried a massive trade deficit for decades…”

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/thank-mr-tariff-us-just-105500843.html

Tariffs work. This is just more proof. The country used to run almost solely off tariffs. It should go back to this way. The country was in much better financial condition when it was run this way.