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“Ich hatte Probleme mit der EU, denn ... Sie haben uns mit Zöllen belegt. Sie tun es in Form einer Mehrwertsteuer, die etwa 20 Prozent beträgt”
Donald Trump US president. White House. Claim dated 27 Feb 2025.
Deutsche Welle rated thisFalsch

What Deutsche Welle found

Die Mehrwertsteuer wirkt nicht wie Zölle, sie ist vielmehr eine Verkaufssteuer, und der Mehrwertsteuersatz ist (zumindest in der EU) unabhängig vom Land des wirtschaftlichen Ursprungs.

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In short

Donald Trump (US president) made this claim around 27 February 2025. Deutsche Welle (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 March 2025, 15 days later. Its rating was “Falsch”.

Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.

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