Americans, not other countries, paid Trump's tariffs in 2025

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said foreigners would pay for his import tariffs. A new report says Americans picked up most of the tab.

USA TODAY
@JonChevreau πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Too bad most Americans didn't do their research, and trusted Orange when he said the exporting countries would pay them.

Just like Mexico pays that expensive wall...
@hans because of the wall, every single Spanky 2.0 voter KNEW he was talking out of his ass. He has had a track history of removing trade markets, hurting economy, wanting to destroy affordable health care…
@Carolyn That's why I still can't get my head around the fact that this grifter was elected a second time.

Everybody with more than 2 brain cells knew he was a liar, an open racist and misogynist, a fraudulent business man who had lost billions and a fucking convicted felon!

The alternative choice was a woman who had a history of serving society and no criminal record.

How on earth did the American people think that this orange mobster was the better choice?? 😱

@hans
It comes back to the US media ecosystem and how, due to a 40 year long shift blurring the lines between news and opinion programming in US media, most voters here don't believe accurate news about politics.

I feel like I have a whole essay on this bottled up in my head and at some point I need to sit down and just write it.

But that's if they even pay attention to the news. Most USians don't, and just vote in every election as a referendum on the ruling party, based on their own general vibes on how their life is going. People thought things were shitty in 2020, so they voted for the opposition party. People thought things were still shitty in 2024 so they voted for the opposition party again.