claim: "last year we lost $500 billion on trade with china."
author: donald trump
evidence_1: mar 27, 2018 ... president donald trump says the u.s. lost $500 billion in trade with china last  year. that's off by billions.
evidence_2: apr 4, 2018 ... "when you're already $500 billion down, you can't lose!" ... cannot let this  continue! — donald j. trump (@realdonaldtrump) april 4, 2018 ...
evidence_3: mar 26, 2018 ... trump: “last year we lost $500 billion on trade with china. we can't let that  happen.” — comments at the white house on friday. the facts: ...
evidence_4: may 22, 2018 ... "last year, we lost $500 billion on trade with china," trump said, erroneously, at  a march 23 news conference. "we can't let that happen.".
evidence_5: mar 5, 2018 ... “we lost, over the last number of years, $800 billion a year,” he said in ... he went  on to say that the country “lost $500 billion” a year to china, ...