Lie August 18, 2019 · Social post · Trade

“Import prices down, China eating Tariffs. Helping targeted Farmers from big Tariff money coming in.”

Said
August 18, 2019
Where
Twitter (Twitter)
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 12477)

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  1. Aug 18, 2019 · Remarks“We're not paying for the tariffs; China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time. And I understand tariffs work very well. Other countries it may be that if I do things with other countries. But in the…
  2. Aug 18, 2019 · Remarks“The [China] tariffs have cost nothing, in my opinion, or certainly very little. … China is eating the tariffs because of monetary manipulation.”
  3. Aug 15, 2019 · Rally“We're taking in billions of dollars in tariffs and again, China's devaluing their currency. They're pouring out money. The prices haven't gone up, so that means we're taking in billions of dollars.”
  4. Aug 15, 2019 · Remarks“The tariffs, we've taken in close to $60 billion in tariff money. And the consumer has not paid for them. Now, at some point, they may have to pay something. But they understand that.”
  5. Aug 15, 2019 · Remarks“The tariffs have really bitten into China. They haven't bitten into us at all -- except for the reporters that want to make it look that way, but they don't understand what's happening.”
  6. Aug 14, 2019 · Social post““So far, you've had Tariffs imposed on 300 Billion Dollars worth of Chinese products, but you can't tell me that it has hurt our economy...& it really hasn't led to any kind of serious rise in prices at the consumer…