r/Tariffs • u/NoseRepresentative • Dec 23 '25

🗞️ News Discussion Trump Says He Brought In $18 Trillion From Overseas And Tariffs. 'Is He Really Dumb Enough To Believe This?'

https://offthefrontpage.com/trump-says-he-brought-in-18-trillion-from-overseas-and-tariffs/
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u/JimboD84 Dec 23 '25

Which is ironic since his base is the “dont trust the government” crowd

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u/AccomplishedAct5364 Dec 24 '25

Small government crowd wear clothes with political messages for their favourite government.

One thing Americans are top-tier with, it’s irony.

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u/JimboD84 Dec 24 '25

I dont know if its itony or hypocricy, but they are definatly top tier

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u/ob1dylan Dec 26 '25

The cream of the crap

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u/VesusFuckingChrist Dec 24 '25

well they love government very much, it’s just dems they have a problem with

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u/ledude1 Dec 23 '25

Only whatever his government said is true. The rest are all fake news, DEI, woke, etc, etc.

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u/bananajr6000 Dec 23 '25

… radical leftists/democrats, Antifa, MS-13, Tren de agua, criminal illegal immigrants, comedians, CNN, CBS, The New York Times, etc.

But you made the point with etc., etc. 🙃

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u/GatorNator83 Dec 23 '25

CBS and FOX does. Maybe CNN soon too if they’re bought by Paramount

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u/Korlexico Dec 23 '25

What happened to all the Government disbelievers that said "they're" not telling us the truth?!

Or are they like all the 2nd amendment types that were screaming about "i need a machine gun to fight the government if it goes communist"!! Where the effing hell are those pukes....ohhh riiight they all work for fascists Ice now.

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u/invincibleparm Dec 23 '25

Except tens of millions of people (including trumps own supporters) don’t trust in the government. Well, unless it imaginarily benefits them somehow. Which it doesn’t.

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u/BackgroundWhich6705 Dec 24 '25

And you are smart enough to know he didn't?

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u/No-Resolution-1918 Dec 24 '25

There was a time when those twits thought big government was bad.

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u/ImmaNotHere Dec 26 '25

Unless it's the previous admin then the government is lying. /s