Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump's tariffs filtered through the economy are getting almost nothing back."

"In total, the government is on the hook to refund hundreds of thousands of importers a total of around $166 billion. A little more than half of that has already been paid out, according to a Customs and Border Protection court filing."

"The levies cost households an estimated $1,000 on average last year, according to the Tax Foundation."

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/corporate-america-got-billions-dollars-090025387.html

Anybody gonna answer the question of "Where's Ours?"

I guess it's like the question of who's gonna pay for the wall...

Nice to know Walmart got its share of the tariff refund...2.9 billion....
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/business/walmart-tariff-refund?utm_source=business_ribbon

If you love tariffs, not to worry:

"Bessent said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will implement “the same level of tariffs, and I would expect that our 2026 tariff income is going to be roughly what it was in ’25.”


“But with the Section 301 tariffs, I am confident that we will be back to … the same level if not higher of tariff income for last year,...”


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6042281-lawmakers-debate-national-debt/

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

If you love tariffs, not to worry:

"Bessent said U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will implement “the same level of tariffs, and I would expect that our 2026 tariff income is going to be roughly what it was in ’25.”


“But with the Section 301 tariffs, I am confident that we will be back to … the same level if not higher of tariff income for last year,...”


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6042281-lawmakers-debate-national-debt/

So, in the following case, just enacted, Trump will allow more beef IMPORTS in a desperate attempt to lower meat prices for US consumers instead of lowering the root cause of higher prices: the tariffs themselves!

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-ease-ground-beef-import-quotas-90-days-2026-08-21/

I'm sure the American beef producers are gonna love that, don't ya think?

Not to mention, Trump didn't name any of the countries supposedly willing to go along with the scheme...

"Apple got an estimated $2.2 billion tariff refund last quarter. Amazon got $600 million. Nike got $300 million. But American consumers who paid higher prices as President Donald Trump's tariffs filtered through the economy are getting almost nothing back."

"In total, the government is on the hook to refund hundreds of thousands of importers a total of around $166 billion. A little more than half of that has already been paid out, according to a Customs and Border Protection court filing."

"The levies cost households an estimated $1,000 on average last year, according to the Tax Foundation."

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/corporate-america-got-billions-dollars-090025387.html

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Is this the same Jerusalem Post that you always link, the same leftist rag that claimed a few months back that Trump GAVE Iran $300 Billion USD, when nothing like that ever happened?

Would that be the "news" outlet that you always link, that same one that lied and said that they confirmed that Trump did give Iran $300 Billion US taxpayer dollars?

Would that be the Jerusalem post that You are reciting, those liars?

Well, since it is why should we believe them since they always lie about Iran, Trump, his admin., and the war?

Hmm, I don't recall the Post or any so-called "leftist" news source claiming Trump specifically gave Iran 300 billion dollars but what I do recall them reporting Trump agreed to do at the time: 

"The MoU, signed by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday, says only that the US “undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran”.

"It left the “mechanism for implementation” to be decided over a 60-day negotiation period, with the US committing to grant any needed licences, sanctions waivers or other permissions."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/mous-300bn-iran-reconstruction-fund-becomes-us-political-flashpoint


But why listen to any potentially "leftist" news source when you can get the skivvy on it from Republicans in office,  "including Iran hawk and Trump ally Senator Roger Wicker. " "In a statement on Thursday, Wicker said the $300bn, even if not funded by US taxpayers, would make “Iran’s payoff under President [Barack] Obama’s 2015 deal look like a pittance by comparison”." 

"US Representative Thomas Massie:  "“$300 billion is 5X as much as Congress spends on our roads & bridges annually,” he wrote in a post on X."

“I’m tired of winning,” he said, referring to one of Trump’s favourite refrains."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/18/mous-300bn-iran-reconstruction-fund-becomes-us-political-flashpoint

"Bonus" video link--Why Trump has renewed interest in GREENLAND:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moRi3OD-suA

PLUS, "Deficit will be $200B more than initially anticipated..."   "In its monthly budget review, the CBO projected the fiscal 2026 federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion. In February, it projected the deficit would be $1.9 trillion."

https://thehill.com/business/6022755-cbo-fiscal-2026-deficit-200-billion-more/

I like one of the comments in the bottom of the aforementioned link:   "Over $3 trillion has been added to the gross federal debt since Trump returned to office in January 2025."   
Geez...

Breaking news!  Lyin Leavitt's leaving! 
https://thehill.com/homenews/6025953-leavitt-leave-white-house-press-secretary-role-trump/

I couldn't stand more than a few seconds of her obnoxious, pompous, and incessantly guttural eructations of the WH world of HS, you?

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Breaking news!  Lyin Leavitt's leaving! 
https://thehill.com/homenews/6025953-leavitt-leave-white-house-press-secretary-role-trump/

I couldn't stand more than a few seconds of her obnoxious, pompous, and incessantly guttural eructations of the WH world of HS, you?

Well if you won't respond to that one, how about your opinion on dozing Don in this video taken the other day with the weird looking apparently botoxed noem standing behind him?      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2ELcNQguE0

"Trump willing to end war, declare victory on Iran with no nuclear deal, officials say - report"

"The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump privately floated the idea with senior aides, with Iran's reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping a key condition."

"Trump is "patient and expected to ride out the latest diplomatic snarl, especially so long as gas prices remain where they are," WSJ cited officials as saying."

"The Iranians fully believe Trump wants out and is focused on opening the strait, which is why they are playing hardball," Gregory Brew, an Iran expert at the Eurasia Group consulting firm, added."

"According to Zolghadr, the US must end all aggression against Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, and Palestine; Never verbally threaten Iran; Lift its naval blockade and withdraw all naval and air forces; Pay for the damages of the wars against Iran; Lift all sanctions against Iran; And release all frozen Iranian assets."

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-904972

Sheesh...