Trump says US taking in $2 billion a day from tariffs

Reuters

Tue, Apr 8, 2025, 1:39 PM 1 min read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday the United States is taking successful $2 cardinal per time from tariffs.

He made the remark without providing details during an lawsuit astatine the White House.

Trump has imposed an array of tariffs connected different countries since taking bureau successful January.

The Treasury Department's regular connection of deposits into and withdrawals from the its wide account, the national government's main operating account, shows "Customs and Certain Excise Taxes" deposits person connected mean totaled astir $200 cardinal a time truthful acold this month.

For the full period of February, the latest afloat period available, the Treasury netted astir $7.25 cardinal successful customs duties. The monthly fund connection for March volition beryllium released connected Thursday, which volition amusement the latest monthly figures.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; penning by Jasper Ward; editing by Chris Reese)