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ProfessorGAC
(75,188 posts)That promise is going to cost 3.5x the total tariff revenue for 2025, and that is using the administration's revenue projection.
Trump is still believing his delusion about "trillions" in tariff revenue.
Remember he was going to pay off the national debt with them too, and with a $500 billion hole caused by this giveaway it will make the debt go UP!
Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)Lancero
(3,256 posts)Not exactly ten pieces of silver, but it's about as close as we'll see in the modern day.
Walleye
(43,157 posts)Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)So going into debt to buy food.
Walleye
(43,157 posts)Irish_Dem
(77,800 posts)And we don't have the money to feed our own people.
Or provide basic healthcare, education, and govt services.