The deficit with China did fall, from $297.0B in 2024 to $202.7B in 2025. But Census shows 2025 was about level with 2005, and every year from 1985 through 2004 was lower. This year's deficit is the lowest since 2004, about 22 years, not four decades.
In the poll he cites, 75% support only shows up when people are told premiums and cost-sharing go away. Told about treatment delays or higher taxes, 76% and 64% oppose.
The full passage from Trump's Grand Island rally: “it's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay...” The first “small price to pay” comes before any mention of a city. He ends the riff with “your gas and your gasoline.”
In this clip, Massie never says Israel controls the US government. His only line about Israel is that Epstein had ties to Israeli intelligence: “Epstein also had close ties to our own intelligence agencies and Israel’s intelligence agencies.”