Update:
Trump’s White House speech on December 14, 2025, claimed $18 trillion “taken in” due to tariffs, but this refers to foreign investments attracted by the policy, not direct tariff collections, which totaled $259 billion through early December.
9 responses to “That’s a Victory”
so stop patting yourself on the back and put it against the deficit.
my thoughts exactly!!
They have already spent the 18 trillion, 2.5 trillion on bonuses for congress and senate. 2 trillion to Israel, 3 trillion to ukraine and you know the rest.
That’s nearly half the debt. I call 100% BULLSHIT on that number. That’s three times the budget. Not even possible.
Agreed.
I did vote for trump 3 times…Although I figuratively had to hold my nose to do so the last 2 times.
How can ANYONE still believe that trump and the repubs are making any effort to “Make America Great Again”, or to even save America?
In the 1st two years of trumps 1st term, and now again in his 2nd term, the repubs have held the majority in both houses of congress. They COULD have struck down basically every marxist “change” that obummer and obiden instituted. Not to mention some older marxist changes such as the patriot act and establishment of the TSA.
trumps latest exhibition of verbal bologna is IMHO a new low that stretches his credulity WAY beyond the breaking point. To wit:
1.) The total tariffs collected by the US government YTD is only in the neighborhood of $250 billion, not $18 trillion. To put it in perspective, trumps assertion of $18 trillion is 72 times greater than $250 billion actual amount.
2.) Tariffs are paid by the American importers that are bringing in the goods, NOT BY FOREIGN NATIONS! That expense is then passed along to the consumers of those goods. End result is nothing but an inflation inducing HIDDEN TAX ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Folks, we have been played and betrayed once again!
Prepare to defend your families and your AO. It is time to put on the whole armour of God, (Ephesians 6), seek Him with all of our hearts, and live every minute of our lives as close to Him as we can get, (only through His Son Jesus). NOTHING ELSE will suffice in the great tribulation that draweth very nigh. The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!! Blessed be the Name of the Lord!!
That’s no victory. It’s a fabrication. Apparently orange man doesn’t understand what the “rule of 72” in accounting actually means.
Astounding that people believe this B.S.
$18 Trillion? Almost 2/3 of GDP?
$18T in investment offset by $20T in state and local incentives. 100% BS. They will drag their feet until Cheeto Crypto Jew leaves office. “Due to changing economic conditions, we have reconsidered…”