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Except Trump himself repeatedly claimed that the exporting country is paying the tariffs and that the US is earning billions of dollars. And many of his followe
by spacechild1 8mo ago
Except Trump himself repeatedly claimed that the exporting country is paying the tariffs and that the US is earning billions of dollars. And many of his followers seem to believe this.
- jleyank 8mo agoMight be collecting lots of money as tariffs but they’re acting as a national sales tax. Defrays the cost of the tax cuts to some degree I guess.
- spacechild1 8mo agoRight, someone has to pay for these tax cuts eventually. The rich certainly won't.
- testing22321 8mo agoTrillions, in fact https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/08/31/trump-says-his-tariffs-collected-trillions-in-revenue-heres-the-real-figure/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/08/31/trump-say...