President Donald Trump’s trade narrative took an embarrassing hit this week after his own treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, was left visibly flustered on live television while trying to defend the administration’s failing economic policies.

The moment capped months of false claims from Trump and his team about trade “victories.” Trump has bragged repeatedly that he secured $15 trillion in foreign investment through his tariff battles, but court filings by Bessent himself inadvertently exposed the real figure to be closer to $2.35 trillion.

Trump has repeatedly bragged about securing trillions through trade deals to offset tariffs, but he’s never provided concrete numbers or proof — only inflated claims about money flowing in from other countries.

While the legal filings quietly exposed

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