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Major Gross Profit
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

Howard Lutnick
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

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

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

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

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

Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on October 13, 2023 a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.:

"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2023 a speech:

Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.

By Samantha Putterman • August 8, 2023

Mike Pence
stated on March 7, 2022 an ad from Advancing American Freedom:

Joe Biden's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline "dramatically increased Americans' dependence on Russian oil."

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2022

Stand Up To China
stated on January 20, 2022 an ad:

Build Back Better “would be a huge payday for Chinese manufacturing” and “would fill our streets with cars made with Chinese parts.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022

Sean Hannity
stated on December 1, 2021 a TV segment:

"If you look pre-COVID" under President Donald Trump, "we didn't import a single barrel of oil from Saudi Arabia.”

By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on October 21, 2021 an Instagram post:

Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.

By Tom Kertscher • October 25, 2021

Viral image
stated on October 6, 2021 a Facebook post:

Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.

By Samantha Putterman • October 13, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2021 a Facebook post:

A map shows “all the cargo ships backed up by the Suez Canal. Get ready for shortages and prices to skyrocket.”

By Gabrielle Settles • March 31, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2021 a Facebook post:

“Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2021

Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 an ad:

“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020

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