Lie March 13, 2019 · Remarks · Trade

“Right now, we're getting billions and billions of dollars of tariffs paid into our coffers.”

Said
March 13, 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 9305)

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  1. Mar 20, 2019 · Remarks“We're taking in billions and billions of dollars right now in tariff money [from China]. And for a period of time, that will stay.”
  2. Mar 22, 2019 · Interview“But we're taken in billions and billions of dollars for the first time ever against China in the form of tariffs.”
  3. Mar 2, 2019 · Remarks“So the beauty is this. I have $250 billion more to put tariffs on. The numbers are staggering. Billions of dollars right now are pouring into our treasury.”
  4. Feb 28, 2019 · Press conference“You saw trade deficits went down last month and everyone’s trying to figure out why, well, we're taking a lot of tariff money. And it has reduced the trade deficit.”
  5. Mar 29, 2019 · Social post“Mexico has for many years made a fortune off of the U.S., far greater than Border Costs.”
  6. Feb 25, 2019 · Remarks“China is paying us, right now, billions and billions of dollars of tariffs a month. Every month, billions of dollars. I love it. Personally, I love it. But they're paying billions of dollars.”