A new book reveals President Trump’s disregard for factual trade data concerning India, often dismissing official figures as ‘bullshit numbers’ to justify his imposition of high tariffs. Despite evidence from USTR and trade representatives, Trump insisted on inflated tariff rates, leading to strained US-India relations. This approach extended to foreign policy, where his administration prioritized ‘feelings over facts,’ impacting global partnerships.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new book reveals President Trump’s disregard for factual trade data concerning India, often dismissing official figures as ‘bullshit numbers’ to justify his imposition of high tariffs. Despite evidence from USTR and trade representatives, Trump insisted on inflated tariff rates, leading to strained US-India relations. This approach extended to foreign policy, where his administration prioritized… Read More »When Data met Donald \u2013 and died: How US Prez trumped India with fake tariff numbers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":116972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}