Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore. Donald Trump talking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on 2011
President Donald Trump’s 1000’s of lies transcend the 2020 US elections, which he says had been marred with fraud however that he gained, and the numerous Joe Biden-era false claims, together with that the previous president is liable for Russia invading Ukraine.
He has now spewed tens if not lots of of falsities, deceptive claims, and easily lies about world commerce and tariffs, together with that Europe doesn’t.
Euro Weekly’s prime 5 listing of Trump lies
False: Trump stated Europe doesn’t purchase vehicles or the rest from Europe.
True: Official US federal statistics present the EU imported about $649 billion in services and products from the US in 2024. The identical figures show the EU imported 164,877 US-made vehicles valued at $8.49 billion final yr.
False: The US president has claimed the EU prices the US 38 per cent tariffs. Within the EU’s case, he would impose “USA Discounted Reciprocal Tariffs” or 20 per cent. Sounds nice, proper?
True: In response to a World Commerce Organisation report, the EU’s commerce duties in opposition to the US are a mere 2.7 per cent.
False: On 7 April, Trump stated the US is “making a fortune from (newly imposed) tariffs—$2 billion a day.”
True: A US Division of Treasury’s each day federal earnings report says in any other case. The US has to date made solely $215 million in income from Trump’s tariffs on imports.
False: Trump repeatedly claimed that in his first time period, the US “took in lots of of billions of {dollars} China paid in tariffs.”
True: A US official Worldwide Commerce Fee report and others discovered that US residents bore the overwhelming majority of the price of Trump’s first-term duties on China.
False: Trump regularly claims that Canada has taken benefit of the US by 250 to 300 per cent tariffs on American dairy merchandise.
True: Bruce Mürhead, dairy coverage knowledgeable and historical past professor on the College of Waterloo, informed CTV Information that Canada “does have 200 or even 285 per cent in opposition to American dairy imports—however solely after they fill their tariff charge quota. They usually have by no means stuffed their tariff charge quota. Ever.”
How properly Trump and his officers analysed worldwide commerce and tariffs stays to be seen. Based mostly on the earlier listing, it might seem the US president is outright mendacity or tremendously uninformed. In both case, it additionally appears they don’t have any clue what the precise repercussions of the commerce conflict will likely be.
