They’re already backtracking on Trump’s nonsense he posted on “Truth Social” that same morning.
Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made an appearance this Sunday on ABC’s This Week and was asked about this:
Bessent initially tried to change the subject before finally admitting that no one should be expecting a $2000 check to arrive anytime soon.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let’s talk about tariffs and the Supreme Court. The president is also posting about tariffs this morning. He’s saying, “people that are against tariffs are fools. We’re taking in trillions of dollars.” Is that true?
BESSENT: We have taken — over the course of the next few years, we could take in trillions of dollars, George. But the real — the real goal of the tariffs is to re-balance trade and make it more fair.
