‘Who Writes That Check?’ MSNBC Host Finally Gets Treasury Secretary To Admit Trump’s Tariffs Are Paid by Americans

Michael Luciano Aug 7th, 2025, 11:07 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that the tariffs that President Donald Trump has imposed on scores of countries are paid by Americans.

The president imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly 100 countries in April. Since that time, he has paused, raised, and lowered various tariffs, depending on which country the imports are coming from. Trump has repeatedly claimed that the tariffs are paid by the countries exporting the goods to the U.S., but in fact, they are paid by the companies importing the products. But later, the president appeared to backtrack when he said that U.S. companies will have to “eat

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