“On new tariffs: "Reciprocal. That means they do it to us and we do it to them. Very simple. Can’t get any simpler than that.”
What FactCheck.org found
The White House divided the size of a country’s trade imbalance with the U.S. in goods by how much America imports in goods from that nation. Economists told us that’s not a legitimate way to calculate reciprocal tariffs for countries.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 2 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 April 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
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.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.