This is one of the wildest Trump lies of his presidency. He told the Wall Street Journal that the tariffs he has imposed and bragged about do not actually exist: https://t.co/4lHm75uXW0 pic.twitter.com/DAkJ8iD97b
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 24, 2018
For some basic fact checking: Here’s How $260 Billion of Tariffs Are Biting Third-Quarter Profit.
So far, a review of corporate earnings results and conference-call transcripts suggests the number of large global companies harmed by higher tariffs is exponentially larger than those that are helped by them. And the effects extend well beyond the U.S.


