Sometimes it's because he doesn't like something a country is doing sometime for no apparent reason whatsoever. But we do know that Trump's tariff taxes are taking a toll on the American people. Trump claims they've brought in $18 trillion, despite customs and Border Protection saying the total is more like 200 billion. But who's paying that? Is it foreign governments, like he says? And most economists say that consumers ultimately pay most of the tariff cost, making them in essence, a backdoor tax on all of us. (03:31–03:39)
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Asserts that Trump claims tariffs have brought in $18 trillion, but CBP states it's $200 billion.
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