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

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 27, 2025. Donald Trump was asked by a reporter on Monday to explain what had happened to his administration’s promise to seal “90 trade deals in 90 days.”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 April “Liberation Day” — 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 subjected to, when they are imported into America.Watch here:Reporter: What happened to 90 deals in 90 days?Trump: Oh, we’ve spoken to everyone. We have more than 90. We’re going to have much more than 90 but most of those are going to be sent a letter pic.twitter.com/e6bWwFYFkz— Acyn (@Acyn) July 7, 2025Here is Trump’s response in full:“Oh, we’ve spoken to everybody. We know every. It’s all done. I told you. I told you we’ll make some deals, but for the most part we’re gonna send a letter. We’re gonna saying, ‘Welcome to the United States. If you’d like to participate in the greatest, most successful country ever.’ I mean, we’re doing better than ever. We have. I don’t think. And you’re gonna see these numbers soon. We’ve never had numbers like this. We’ve never had investment like this. Uh, we have more than 90. We’re gonna have much more than 90. But most of those are gonna be sent a letter. This is exactly what I said. Now, we’ve made a deal with United Kingdom. We’ve made a deal with China. We’ve made a deal. We’re close to making a deal with India. Others, we’ve met with, and we don’t think we’re gonna be able to make a deal. So, we just send them a letter. ‘Do you wanna, do you wanna play ball? This is what you have to pay.’ So, we’re, as far as I’m concerned, we’re done. We’re sending out letters to various countries, telling them how much tariffs they have to pay. Some will maybe adjust a little bit depending if they have a, you know, cause. We’re not gonna be unfair about it. And actually, it’s a small fraction compared to what we should be getting. We should be. We could be asking for much more. But for the sake of relationships that we’ve had with a lot of really good countries, we’re doing the way I do it. But we could be getting a lot more. We could ask for a lot more than what we’re asking for.”Critics scratched their heads in response:Sending a letter isn’t a deal. It’s barely a beginning. Trump’s counting outreach as outcome and that’s just theatrics.— Nikos Unity (@nikosunity) July 8, 2025If this wasn’t SO incredibly pathetic & embarassing to the entire country and our standing across the world, it would be hilarious. https://t.co/C0f0khWUdF— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) July 8, 2025TRANSLATION: We got ZERO DEALS, but I will continue to lie about it until it becomes a reality— Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) July 8, 2025So sending out letters are the “deals”? What a shit show. https://t.co/OAW9MLWzyL— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 8, 2025🤣🤣🤣 Sure buddy.— VictoryVik - Onward and Upward (@vikihoskins) July 8, 2025“We have spoken to everyone and we have nothing to show for it”— AlphaBeta Soup (@alphaisbeta) July 8, 2025nothing like sending letters and calling them deals, and then saying the deadline is not firm. President Deals wins! https://t.co/i1RXaMk21j— the undecider (@banthaskull) July 8, 2025So you have zero deals. You are TACO— Richard Turner, ICD.D 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@turnerwestvan) July 8, 2025Related...Michael Douglas Shares 'Worries' For America Due To Trump AdministrationTrump Turns Attention Back To His Global War On TradeTrump Goes Off On New Rant Against 'Train Wreck' Elon Musk

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