Lie July 5, 2019 · Remarks · Trade

“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.”

Said
July 5, 2019
Where
Remarks
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 11976)

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  1. Jul 7, 2019 · Remarks“China is paying the tariff. They're devaluing their currency and they're pumping money in. That's paying for the tariff. Our people have not been paying for the tariff.”
  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 30, 2019 · Speech“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.”
  4. Jun 30, 2019 · Speech“We are taking in tremendous dollars from China with the tariffs of goods: $250 billion at 25 percent.”
  5. Jun 29, 2019 · Press conference“We're getting tens of billions of dollars from China coming in [from tariffs].”
  6. Jul 12, 2019 · Remarks“What they've let China get away with -- for years and years, China has been ripping us off. They're not ripping us off anymore.”