<br /> According to Business Insider, U.S. President Donald Trump’s favorite report card for the trade war keeps getting uglier.<br />President Donald Trump has made it known that the reduction of the US trade deficit is one of the focuses of his trade war with China.<br />Based on the latest trade numbers, the president's battle with China and other countries is not going so well, because the US trade deficit grew in the month of August.<br />The goods trade deficit with China hit a record high by one measure. <br />