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Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2025 in public events The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January. Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post “My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.” The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs. Ritchie Torres stated on July 20, 2025 in 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.” U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in 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.” Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.” Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump." Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in 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.” Charles Blow stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S. 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.” Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.” Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.” Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 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. Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9. Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax “We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.” Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.” 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." Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in 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.” SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Load more
Donald Trump stated on December 9, 2025 in public events The U.S. has received promises of investments totaling $18 trillion to $22 trillion since January.
Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post “My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute stated on October 23, 2025 in a statement on X An ad from the government of Ontario, Canada, “misrepresents” President Ronald Reagan’s April 25, 1987, address about tariffs.
Ritchie Torres stated on July 20, 2025 in 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.”
U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in 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.”
Howard Lutnick stated on July 20, 2025 in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation" Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" “Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
Donald Trump stated on May 8, 2025 in 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.”
Charles Blow stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode “China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.
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.”
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”
Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”
Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 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.
Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax “We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
Karoline Leavitt stated on March 11, 2025 in a White House press briefing “Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people.”
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."
Facebook posts stated on June 13, 2024 in 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.”
SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”
Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
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