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President Donald Trump Said on Sunday that rates are more than $ 15 trillion in new American investments and that if courts they should precipitate, the US would probably become a ‘third world nation’.
The function of Trump comes in direct answer to a Federal Court of Appeal that provides a major legal setback to its trade policy, in which most of his radical rates are declared illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of Ideepa.
The decision supports previous judgments of the American Court of International Trade.
Trump says we would be ‘destroyed’ without a rate of cash
US President Donald Trump is holding a graph of “mutual rates” while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy Again” Trade Appuration event in the Rozentuin in the White House in the White House in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / Getty images)
Although they are still in force, the rates are confronted with an uncertain future, unless the Supreme Court intervenes. The stay slows down the enforcement until mid -October.
Trump added that if the “Radical Left Court” were to collapse, almost all expected investments would collapse, making the US a “third world nation” without a path back to greatness.
“If a radical left -wing court is allowed to terminate these rates, almost all of this investment, and much more, will be canceled immediately! In many ways we would become a third world nation, without hope of great importance again !!!” wrote Trump.
US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday 26 August 2025 (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty images)
Independent analyzes have found zero evidence to support the figure of $ 15 trillion from Trump. According to Reuters and FactCheck.org, the own “Trump Effect” website contains around $ 2.6 trillion in announced investments, With a wider count of $ 5.1 trillion when recording – still far below Trump’s claim.
President Donald Trump, accompanied by FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, director of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Jay Bhattacharya, secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and manager for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (Tom Brenner for the Washington Post via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Trump calls Tariefwindfall ‘so beautiful to see when cash comes in
In his position, Trump pushed what he described as the economic benefits of his trade policy, with the boasting that the prices are “lowered” and That inflation is almost Don’t exist because of the rates that “trillions” pour into the economy.
“Prices are ‘lower’ in the US, with virtually no inflation. With the exception of ridiculous, corrupt politician approved ‘windmills’, who kill every state and the country she uses, energy prices,’ great ‘,’ he said.
He also pointed out that gasoline on a layer and Those rates are “Respect America strong and again !!!”
A petrol pump is inserted into an Audi vehicle at a Mobil gas station in Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, USA (Reuters / Bing Guan / Reuters -photos)
“Gasoline is at many years low. All this despite beautiful rates, which bring trillions of dollars from countries that have benefited from us for decades and make America strong and respected again !!!,” he added.
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However, economists dispute that characterization, pointing to the American Minister of Finance Scott BessentThe comments that the current annual tariff income is closer to $ 500 billion, collected from American importers instead of foreign governments. The Congressional Budget Office projects a total of $ 2-2.8 trillion in the following decade, while data from the official Bureau or Labor Statistics demonstrate that inflation, although cooling, does not “hardly exist”. Analysts say that the figures emphasize a strong contrast between the rhetoric of Trump and the economic consensus.
