‘A gift’: How Trump builds power for himself with ‘no details’ trade deals

ANALYSIS — For lawmakers and foreign leaders searching for the details of the multibillion-dollar trade deals Donald Trump has been making with a number of foreign governments, the president says there are none. That’s by design — to give himself even more powers.

The dealmaker in chief himself dropped that revelation Tuesday morning, after financial analysts, lawmakers and foreign governments have — for months — been waiting for his administration to put some meat on the bones of his rather vague trade agreements.

During a sometimes testy live phone interview with CNBC’s morning show , co-anchor Becky Quick said this about Trump’s various trade pacts: “We have been trying to figure out the details on that, Mr. President, so we appreciate the clarity on that.”

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