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(130,624 posts) Mon Jan 19, 2026, 03:16 PM Monday

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs

January 19, 2026 at 1:35 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 171 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/01/19/americans-are-the-ones-paying-for-tariffs/

“Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and suggests he might have a weaker hand in a reemerging trade war with Europe,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs (Original Post) applegrove Monday OP

96% of the tariffs have landed on the American consumer. Proof. LetMyPeopleVote Monday #1

LetMyPeopleVote

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1. 96% of the tariffs have landed on the American consumer. Proof.

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Mon Jan 19, 2026, 04:57 PM

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