“Nothing Can Slow It Down” – Trump Celebrates Job, Trade Deficit Numbers
The Noah Report homepage has 60 new headlines every 24 hours - click here to see it.
Donald Trump’s economic policies are working.
Trade data shows Donald Trump’s tariffs are working.
The White House revealed, “the trade deficit in 2026 is down 55% relative to the first two months of 2025.”
Total exports also reached $314.8 billion in February, marking a new record.
NEW DATA: Capital goods now make up a record 41% of all U.S. goods imports — largely specialized equipment to support future manufacturing production.
Meanwhile, the trade deficit in 2026 is down 55% relative to the first two months of 2025. pic.twitter.com/JmzhK4ERET
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2026
The February trade report is another strong signal that the American economy is being rewired in exactly the right direction. Yes, the headline deficit ticked up to $57.3 billion from January’s revised $54.7 billion. But anyone who stops there is missing the real story.
The deeper signal in this report is not weakness. It is productive transformation. America is exporting at record levels, importing the tools of future production, and relying less on the consumer-goods flood that for decades hollowed out our industrial base.
Start with the best news. Total exports rose to a record $314.8 billion in February. Goods exports hit an all-time high of $206.9 billion. Services exports also reached a record $107.9 billion. That is the profile of a country regaining productive strength.
On the goods side, industrial supplies and materials led the way, with major gains in nonmonetary gold and natural gas. On the services side, gains came from travel, finance, business services, and intellectual-property charges. America is not retreating from the world. America is competing more effectively in it.
March jobs data also beat expectations.
178,000 jobs were created in March.
The United States added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating, sending up oil prices.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% last month, down from 4.4%. The gains were concentrated in health care, construction, transportation and warehousing.
…
Jobs report estimates from January and February were also revised, upward and downward respectively. Combined, they show that U.S. payrolls fell by a net 7,000 over those two months.
Trump celebrated the news.
Trump said his policies “have created an enormously powerful engine of Economic Growth, and nothing can slow it down.”
A very happy and blessed Good Friday to all, especially to the 186,000 Americans who gained Private Sector jobs in the month of March alone! My Economic Policies have created an enormously powerful engine of Economic Growth, and nothing can slow it down. Factory Construction Jobs are soaring as a result of the rapid Onshoring and surging Investment that TARIFFS have generated, all while the Trade Deficit has shrunk by 52% in a year! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Make America Great Again!
