Lie June 30, 2019 · Speech · Trade

“We're collecting 25 percent on $250 billion, and China is paying for it, as you know, because, as you notice, our inflation hasn't gone up. China has devalued their currency in order to pay for the tariffs.”

Said
June 30, 2019
Where
Speech
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 11066)

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  1. Jun 30, 2019 · Speech“We are taking in tremendous dollars from China with the tariffs of goods: $250 billion at 25 percent.”
  2. Jul 1, 2019 · Remarks“We're taking in a fortune from tariffs. … Our Treasury is taking in billions and billions of dollars of money that normally would be for China.”
  3. Jun 29, 2019 · Press conference“We're getting tens of billions of dollars from China coming in [from tariffs].”
  4. Jun 26, 2019 · Interview“Right now we are getting 25 percent on $250 billion worth of goods; nobody ever heard of such a thing. It's massive amounts of money. Don't play -- don't let anyone tell you that we're paying. We're not paying…
  5. Jul 5, 2019 · Remarks“We're taking, by the way, billions and billions of dollars in tariffs are coming in -- and China is paying for it, not our people.”
  6. Jun 24, 2019 · Interview“They talk about tariffs, we're taking in billions and billions of dollars from China and others.”