Trump Says U.S. Should Manipulate the Dollar

President Trump accused China and Europe of playing a “big currency manipulation game” and said the United States should match that effort, a move that directly contradicts official U.S. policy not to manipulate the dollar’s value to gain trade advantages, the AP reports.

Trump said if America doesn’t act, the country will continue “being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games — as they have for so many years.”