Trump says tariffs have brought in $18 trillion. That’s impossible.

https://reason.com/2025/12/15/trump-says-tariffs-have-brought-in-18-trillion-thats-impossible/

29 Comments

  1. CHRISTEN-METAL on

    It’s right there 👆on the tariff shelf. Is Trump the only one that can see this shelf?:)

  2. The “trump effect” = 3 of the last 6 month had negative job growth.

    Under Joe Biden, the US had 48 consecutive months of job growth.

  3. ThyArtisMukDuk on

    “Tariffs brought in $18 trillion and your prices have dropped 500% (which would mean stores would be paying you back 400%)

  4. Local-Friendship8166 on

    So the debt is 38 trillion. And the US collects about 5 trillion annually in taxes. The budget is about 7 trillion. So this will reduce the deficit by 17 trillion right? RIGHT?!!!

  5. Ask him how many zeros are in a trillion. Seriously. Tell him you’ll wait. Give him a pen and paper. He won’t be able to tell you.

  6. Admirable_Nothing on

    Trump is a liar. The way you can tell he is lying is to see if his lips are moving or his fingers are typing.

  7. South-Rabbit-4064 on

    It’s because he just makes shit up with money, always has. You can even see it at the tech bro dinner with Zuckerberg where he got caught on a mic saying he had “absolutely no idea” what large number he was supposed to say

    The fake it til you make it approach to the presidency doesn’t really work long term

  8. Trump lies about everything.

    If the tariffs had brought in $18T, then show the receipts. Congress has the power of the purse, so it should be easy to obtain.

  9. SnooStrawberries3391 on

    It’s very possible that his tariffs brought $18 trillion. He plays on his monopoly board every night.

  10. Every day he just one-ups his previous lies. He’s the most ridiculous liar we’ve ever seen.