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BumRushDaShow

(168,143 posts)
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:58 AM 6 hrs ago

Trump administration warns tariff refund process 'will take time'

Source: The Guardian

Sat 28 Feb 2026 00.56 EST
First published on Fri 27 Feb 2026 21.56 EST


The Trump administration said refunds of tariffs struck down by the US supreme court “will take time”, according to court documents filed by the Department of Justice.

Businesses including FedEx have lined up to demand reimbursement for US tariffs they have paid but that the court last week deemed were imposed illegally, prompting heavy criticism from Donald Trump.

The justice department did not say it plans to ask the supreme court to rehear the case, despite Trump’s comments earlier on Friday.

Claiming that refunds could ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars, the president wrote: “I am sure that the supreme court did not have this in mind!”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-tariff-refunds

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Trump administration warns tariff refund process 'will take time' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
Better known as................... Lovie777 6 hrs ago #1
He needs time to figure out how to steal all of it Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #2
Oh God in heaven, good one mahina 6 hrs ago #7
Translation: When pigs fly PatSeg 6 hrs ago #3
Yes, what they call "two weeks." Harker 4 hrs ago #13
"We'll see what happens" PatSeg 4 hrs ago #14
Those receiving the first round of tariff refunds will get their money when their Trump phones arrive. Firestorm49 6 hrs ago #4
And after the Muskrat DOGEshit checks are in the mail. BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #11
I needed that laughter, thank you mahina 6 hrs ago #5
My pleasure Firestorm49 6 hrs ago #8
When Mexico pays for the wall IronLionZion 6 hrs ago #6
Two weeks. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #9
They've already spent that money.... nt Figarosmom 5 hrs ago #10
Which means our checks will arrive on the 12th of never. nt Javaman 4 hrs ago #12
He has Rebl2 4 hrs ago #15
Trump described the Tariff tax money as being on a shelf. delisen 3 hrs ago #16
Tariff collection never went into the treasury Bayard 2 hrs ago #17
My understanding: tariffs money goes into US Treasury Fund delisen 2 hrs ago #18
I'm guessing twelfth of never type of time. patphil 54 min ago #19

mahina

(20,587 posts)
7. Oh God in heaven, good one
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:27 AM
6 hrs ago

I may have just woke up the neighbors with laughter. Physically needed that that.thank you.

PatSeg

(52,892 posts)
14. "We'll see what happens"
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:03 AM
4 hrs ago

For some reason it is almost always in "two weeks". Same old playbook.

Firestorm49

(4,526 posts)
4. Those receiving the first round of tariff refunds will get their money when their Trump phones arrive.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:22 AM
6 hrs ago

IronLionZion

(51,077 posts)
6. When Mexico pays for the wall
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:26 AM
6 hrs ago

Tariffs lower prices. So I bet MAGA is excited to see what happens with oil prices with this Iran war.

Rebl2

(17,606 posts)
15. He has
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:13 AM
4 hrs ago

no intention of refunding that money. Foolish to think he will. It’s his money now.

delisen

(7,317 posts)
16. Trump described the Tariff tax money as being on a shelf.
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:26 PM
3 hrs ago

He urged some of his followers to look on the tariff shelf for how to pay for some things.

He may have thought of the tariff shelf as being in his bedroom or bathroom or any personal space where he stored stolen government documents.

Trump does not think of the tariff billions as being in the US Treasury.

I cheer on FEDEX and Governors Pritzker and Hochul in demanding refunds. We must demand what is ours

If we do not claw back what we paid, the billions in illegal taxes we paid will be used to destroy people, places, and things. People all over the world, places all over the world, and things like peace, security, and the rule of law.

Bayard

(29,228 posts)
17. Tariff collection never went into the treasury
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:51 PM
2 hrs ago

So, any refunds will come from U.S. taxpayers, and probably only go to a few large companies.

delisen

(7,317 posts)
18. My understanding: tariffs money goes into US Treasury Fund
Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:20 PM
2 hrs ago

Tariff money becomes part of the general fund, is not earmarked, and an be spent for ant purpose allowed under rules for general fund spending.

If you have different information Please let me know.

Definitely refunds will cost us.but businesses do have the right to their refunds which have now been declared illegal..

I think one way t refund all of us affected is to shut down ICE and to repurpose that expense to paying us.refunds.

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