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Trump’s $US8 trillion tariff hyperbole shows how he manipulates numbers

Trump's $8 trillion tariff investment figure is widely disputed by experts and courts, with some investments not new money and legal authority on tariffs challenged.

Summary by WA Today
The Trump administration spent the Labour Day holiday asserting its claim to be the most pro-worker government in US history. Economists say the figures are “completely, 100 per cent, made-up”.

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The White House says Trump’s tariffs have raised $8 trillion in revenue. That’s not even close.

The administration attributed the $8 trillion figure both to new investment and to tariff revenue. So which is it? Neither.

·United States
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Trump WH Roasted For Wild $8 Trillion Whopper: ‘Amazing–And Insanely Wrong!’

The Trump WH sparked a wave of condemnation over Labor Day Weekend with a social media post boasting it had taken in a whopping “$8 trillion in tariff revenue.”

·United States
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Trump’s $US8 trillion tariff hyperbole shows how he manipulates numbers

The Trump administration spent the Labour Day holiday asserting its claim to be the most pro-worker government in US history. Economists say the figures are “completely, 100 per cent, made up”.

·Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
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