« As soon as I got elected, they stopped. »
During the first interview after reaching the 100-day milestone of his presidency, Donald Trump said he believed that he was the one who got China to stop manipulating its currency.
Speaking to CBS’ John Dickerson on « Face the Nation, » Trump said that China stopped manipulating its currency as soon as he came into office.
« W hen they talk about currency manipulation, and I did say I would call China, if they were, a currency manipulator, early in my tenure, » Trump said. » And then I get there. Number one, they — as soon as I got elected, they stopped. They’re not — it’s not going down anymore, their currency. »
Dickerson briefly interrupted to fact-check Trump, saying, » But that had been true before. That had been true… during the campaign, sir. »
» No, not true to the extent that we’re talking about, » Trump replied. » Much more important than that, as to when, but, you know, it did stop. And I was talking about it all during the campaign. »
He added: » And I would say that I was the one that got them to stop.
