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Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation":
Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 2025
Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in 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
Barack Obama stated on August 02, 2016 in a White House press conference:
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy• August 4, 2016
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
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
Abigail Spanberger stated on February 24, 2026 in the Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address:
President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year.
By Loreben Tuquero, Zoe Weyand• February 25, 2026
Charles Schumer stated on April 27, 2025 in 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
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on April 24, 2012 in a press release:
U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.
By Amy Sherman• May 2, 2012
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
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
Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
“Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2025
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
Alma Adams stated on July 14, 2021 in a committee meeting:
"Lumber prices can be tied to the (Trump) administration’s actions."
By Paul Specht• July 23, 2021
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
Paul Ryan stated on May 17, 2015 in on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2015
Donald Trump stated on April 09, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
By Amy Sherman• April 9, 2025
Tennessee Democratic Party stated on April 25, 2012 in a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012:
Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."
By Michael Collins• May 25, 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
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
Tim Ryan stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“I voted with Trump on trade.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 4, 2022

Articles (163)

Did Trump impose ‘the largest tax hike in our lifetime’? How it compares, as it’s currently proposed

By Grace Abels• April 7, 2025

New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they’re less targeted

By Louis Jacobson• January 29, 2025

Can President-elect Donald Trump enact tariffs without Congress? And can anyone stop him?

By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2024

Supreme Court strikes down use of primary law Donald Trump used to impose tariffs

By Louis Jacobson• February 20, 2026

The effects of Donald Trump's trade war

By Manuela Tobias• July 30, 2018

PolitiFact’s guide to understanding tariffs and international trade

By Louis Jacobson• November 18, 2019

Trump proposed $2,000 payments for Americans from tariff dividends. Would that work?

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 10, 2025

Donald Trump says tariffs will make America rich again. Economists disagree

By Louis Jacobson• December 17, 2018

Donald Trump’s tariff powers face a high-stakes legal test

By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2025

On International Fact-Checking Day, PolitiFact explains the truth in Trump’s tariffs agenda

By Katie Sanders• April 2, 2025

Trump sees a future without federal income taxes, but the tariff math doesn’t add up

By Louis Jacobson• December 3, 2025

Can car shoppers avoid tariff sticker shock by buying American brands? It’s not that simple

By Amy Sherman• April 10, 2025

What is the Court of International Trade, which ruled against Trump’s tariffs?

By Louis Jacobson• May 29, 2025

Donald Trump has floated big tariffs. What could the impact be?

By Louis Jacobson• June 21, 2016

In Context: What Justin Trudeau said that made Donald Trump angry

By Manuela Tobias• June 11, 2018

Year of the Lies: Farmer says some Trump tariff statements ‘as far from the truth as you can get’

By Amy Sherman• December 16, 2025

Are other countries ‘cheating’ the U.S. on trade?

By Louis Jacobson• April 9, 2025

Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018

Republicans say latest US consumer price report is a boon. Democrats say it’s a bust. Which is it?

By Samantha Putterman• August 14, 2025

Can Trump create $2,000 tariff dividends, 50-year mortgages or direct health care payments?

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2025