President Donald Trump threatened to halt trade with every country that runs a surplus with the United States unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, tying together two things that are not connected by any mechanism of American economic policy.
In a 183-word post Friday on Truth Social published hours after Bureau of Labor Statistics released a better-than-expected jobs report, Trump wrote in capital letters: "LOWER THE RATE OR I'LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT."
