Trump doesn't even understand how tariffs work. Importers pay the higher tariff to the federal gov't. Those companies pass on price increases to manufacturers who raise their prices to consumers. Consumers. Pay. the. Tariff. Not. China. @JenniferJJacobs https://t.co/Ski6cwDmWz
— Brian P. Klein (@brianpklein) September 18, 2018
Does Trump understand that tariffs are *taxes* paid for by *American* consumers? Serious question. https://t.co/sOoiZyYEcy
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) September 18, 2018
Voters in a handful of critical midterm states have also largely rejected Trump's tariffs, according to recent polls. https://t.co/ffiCNr1m3C pic.twitter.com/JmyERsO5GT
— CNBC (@CNBC) September 18, 2018
Trump's tariffs will hurt America much more than Chinahttps://t.co/08R71ADpVy pic.twitter.com/v07ZuypeNi
— Forbes (@Forbes) September 18, 2018
One study of tire tariffs found in a single year, 2011, Americans spent an extra $1.1 billion on tires as a result of a tariff that preserved, at most, 1,200 jobs. That is almost $1 million per job, for jobs paying an average of about $40,000. https://t.co/2pRB9yjmAJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2018
Perspective: Here’s why a) the economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs are often exaggerated and b) they still stink https://t.co/L2xMHzRckp
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 18, 2018
China says it has no choice but to retaliate against new U.S. trade tariffs, risking that Trump may impose duties on virtually all of the Chinese goods that America buys https://t.co/nY5VqgfCEb via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/izGCbVgEy5
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) September 18, 2018
U.S. consumers will pay more for Chinese imports because of Trump's new tariffs https://t.co/QcWTSVkpwy
— POLITICO (@politico) September 18, 2018
Trump accused China of seeking to interfere in the U.S. elections by slapping tariffs on products from politically pivotal states, even though it was the president who instigated the latest fight by imposing $200 billion in new tariffs on Beijing. https://t.co/38D2i4V4di
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) September 18, 2018
Trump has driven up the cost of every item we buy with his hidden taxes which he calls tariffs. pic.twitter.com/8GA34iYXNo
— Nancy Estes (@AmBeachy) September 18, 2018
Sad! 