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stated on January 16, 2026 an email

“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”

By Paul Specht • January 23, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on December 9, 2025 public events

The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.

By Louis Jacobson, Nick Karmia • December 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2025 an X post

“My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025

stated on October 23, 2025 a statement on X

An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2025

Ritchie Torres
stated on July 20, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“Since Donald Trump's inauguration, we have seen an 11% decline in the value of the dollar, the steepest decline in more than a half a century.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2025

stated on July 20, 2025 a social media post

“America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.”

By Gabrielle Lazor • July 24, 2025

stated on July 20, 2025 an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation"

Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2025

stated on May 18, 2025 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 an event in the White House

Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025

stated on May 5, 2025 a CNN NewsNight episode

“China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 9, 2025

Charles Schumer
stated on April 27, 2025 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

“It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 remarks at a White House event

In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 a speech

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025

Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 a Truth Social post

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2025 an interview with Newsmax

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025

Karoline Leavitt
stated on March 11, 2025 a White House press briefing

“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2025

Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on June 13, 2024 a post on Facebook

“Saudi Arabia will stop using the US dollar for oil sales and will not renew the 50-year petro-dollar agreement with the U.S.”

By Madison Czopek • June 20, 2024

SFA Fund
stated on December 28, 2023 a campaign ad

Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024

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