“Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
Howard Lutnick
Commerce secretary. an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation". Claim dated 20 Jul 2025.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Two projections show that the Trump administration tariff revenues would not cover the next 10 years of projected deficits.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Howard Lutnick (Commerce secretary) made this claim around 20 July 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 July 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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