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18 Aug 2024


NextImg:Trump Mercilessly Mocked Over Frighteningly False Tariffs Claim
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Mark Cuban joined a number of critics who mocked Donald Trump on Saturday after the Republican presidential nominee’s false claim that imposing tariffs doesn’t “affect our country.”

The former president, in a meandering speech at a campaign rally, pledged to impose tariffs on foreign-made products from China and other countries in order to bring jobs “back home” in an effort to take in “billions and billions of dollars.”

“A tariff is a tax on a foreign country, that’s the way it is whether you like it or not. A lot of people like to say, ‘Oh, it’s a tax on us.’ No, no, no,” Trump told the crowd at the rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

He later continued, “It’s a tax on a country that’s ripping us off and stealing our jobs. And it’s a tax that doesn’t affect our country.”

Trump has previously pushed the false claim on tariffs despite multiple media outlets noting that American consumers and industries have bore much of the cost of his tariffs.

Several economists recently told Newsweek that Trump’s tariffs proposal would raise prices for U.S. consumers and such a plan would hurt American companies, as well.

Trump: A tariff is a tax on a foreign country. A lot of people like to say it’s a tax on us. No… It’s is a tax that doesn’t affect our country. pic.twitter.com/NNyNthZbKg

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 17, 2024

Cuban, a billionaire and frequent Trump critic, took to social media to question the former president’s tariffs claim.

“Any importers want to explain how they deal with tariffs on say food or agricultural products ?” he wrote on X.

Any importers want to explain how they deal with tariffs on say food or agricultural products ? https://t.co/z50uWZEogr

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) August 17, 2024

Robert Shrum, director of the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future and a speechwriter for the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), called Trump’s remarks “simply economically illiterate.”

“No wonder he apparently had a mediocre record at Wharton,” Shrum wrote.

This is simply economically illiterate. No wonder he apparently had a mediocre record at Wharton. https://t.co/EaKMPbdY0S

— Robert Shrum (@BobShrum) August 17, 2024

You can check out more reactions to Trump’s remarks below:

Is anyone out there in the media going to fact check the guy who was President for 4 years and still doesn't know how tariffs work? https://t.co/4G5ZPZ368I

— I Smoked J.D. Vance's Wig (@BlackKnight10k) August 18, 2024

Here are a few of the many studies showing that Americans paid (and are still paying) Trump's tariffs: https://t.co/UPumJyP7eZ pic.twitter.com/RhzFfxA2Fi

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) August 17, 2024

Does he really not understand who pays the tariff? https://t.co/HvjxRVUrdG

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) August 18, 2024

Trump flunks Econ 101: https://t.co/srOh14N5A3

— Brad Polumbo ????????⚽️????️???? (@brad_polumbo) August 17, 2024

Honest to Pete I don’t have the energy to do this for another 4 years. https://t.co/NP8SIPwiPK

— Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal) August 17, 2024