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Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:

"There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."

By Jon Greenberg• March 30, 2016

Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to replace the IRS with the External Revenue Service, eliminating tax returns and income tax.

By Caleb McCullough• January 27, 2025

Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress:

"Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes — but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them nothing or almost nothing."

By Allison Graves• March 2, 2017

Threads posts stated on November 13, 2024 in a Threads post:

Nissan just announced 9,000 layoffs in Tennessee “to avoid severe losses due to expected tariffs.”

By Jeff Cercone• November 14, 2024

Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2012 in a television ad:

Chinese tire imports threatened 1,000 American jobs, so President Obama "stood up to China and protected American workers. Mitt Romney attacked Obama's decision."

By Molly Moorhead• October 1, 2012

National Taxpayers Union stated on October 10, 2018 in Washington Examiner op-ed:

"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."

By Manuela Tobias• October 12, 2018

Brooke Rollins stated on April 06, 2025 in 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

Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2020 in a speech:

Says President Donald Trump started a trade war that “led to a surge in farm bankruptcies.”

By Eric Litke• October 2, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 08, 2025 in a speech:

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

By Amy Sherman• April 10, 2025

Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in 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

Donald Trump stated on May 09, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

By Louis Jacobson• May 14, 2019

Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2019 in an interview:

U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."

By Eric Litke• August 2, 2019

Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2015 in a policy plan on immigration.:

"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."

By Linda Qiu• August 18, 2015

Ron Wyden stated on December 12, 2011 in a speech:

Says Oregon canned blueberries will be cheaper in South Korea thanks to a trade agreement.

By Janie Har• December 20, 2011

Peter Navarro stated on August 18, 2019 in an interview:

U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.

By Tom Kertscher• August 20, 2019

Rand Paul stated on January 25, 2015 in a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat:

"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."

By Steve Contorno• January 30, 2015

Angus King stated on March 04, 2018 in in an interview:

"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."

By John Kruzel• March 8, 2018

Jeff Sessions stated on April 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."

By Miriam Valverde• April 27, 2017

Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:

Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 17, 2024

JD Vance stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Anything that you lose on the tariff from the perspective of the consumer, you gain in higher wages, so you're ultimately much better off.”

By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2024

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