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(66,268 posts) Tue Jul 8, 2025, 09:30 AM Jul 8

Donald Trump Was Asked About A Key Promise (90 deals in 90 days). What Followed Was Pure Gibberish. [View all]

Source: HuffPost

Donald Trump Was Asked About A Key Promise. What Followed Was Pure Gibberish.

The president rambled, boasted, appeared to immediately contradict his own comments and more.

By Lee Moran
Jul 8, 2025, 04:49 AM EDT
|Updated 5 minutes ago

Donald Trump was asked by a reporter on Monday to explain what had happened to his administration’s promise to seal “90 deals in 90 days” with trading partners.

Instead of outlining the dozens of deals with foreign countries that he previously boasted would be completed by Wednesday — the 90-day mark since his so-called Liberation Day in April — the president just waffled, talked about a couple of frameworks and possible deals in place and then appeared to suggest his plan now mainly involved sending letters to foreign governments and telling them the tariffs that their products will now be subject to when they are imported into America.

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“Oh, we’ve spoken to everybody. We know every. It’s all done. I told you. I told you we’ll make some deals, ...

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Donald Trump Was Asked About A Key Promise (90 deals in 90 days). What Followed Was Pure Gibberish. [View all] Eugene Jul 8 OP

and yikes, his orange hairline!!!! Look at the other men sitting there........no such boundary. a kennedy Jul 8 #1

Lol. Demovictory9 Jul 8 #3

That's the real border crisis he should worry about IronLionZion Jul 8 #8

That was the very first thing I noticed zeusdogmom Jul 8 #12

I think cannabis_flower Jul 9 #16

The 3 men around him, kerping their faces carefully neutral. 😅 Demovictory9 Jul 8 #2

Similar to the word salad issued by him when asked how long detainees would be held in the concentration camps. Hugin Jul 8 #4

The dog ate his homework underpants Jul 8 #5

"The president rambled, boasted, appeared to immediately contradict his own comments" should be the lede sop Jul 8 #6

I like Grok's answer in that X thread IronLionZion Jul 8 #7

I'm going to bet that he rehearsed that answer and the question was pre-planned. 58Sunliner Jul 8 #9

I think the majority of the nations of the world have figured out MLWR Jul 8 #10

The monstrous evil of this man... GiqueCee Jul 8 #11

He's incapable of directly answering a question. maxsolomon Jul 8 #13

Trump lies Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 8 #14

"We have 'concepts' of a plan" ---- Jack Valentino Jul 9 #15