You can use the 2024 US Census data from https://ustr.gov and the formula from this CNBC article (the numbers in the spreadsheet of this post seem to be different)
It’s almost as if Trump and his entire government don’t have the faintest fucking clue what they’re talking about, and are just relying on voters being stupider than they are (which, sadly, is in many cases a reasonable assumption) and blindly accepting what he tells them.
You might have seen a post of mine where I expressed doubt, that's because I didn't think it could be this dumb AND I read Exports as exports to the US in the dataset and not exports to that country. In short, I committed the classic Smokey The Bear Error.
I think it’s worth noting that this isn’t a perfect match, but it’s close enough to be really funny and I don’t think they’re much brighter than this so
"The executive branch has fabricated devastating tariffs that will cut off the US economy at the knees and reshape the international economy (most likely in way that hurts us more than it hurts anyone else). What's that? OH, no, the executive branch isn't allowed to do tariffs. Yes, that's right."
Comments
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Reports/2025NTE.pdf#page388
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/how-did-the-us-arrive-at-its-tariff-figures-.html
Correct calculations (courtesy of KyleLHandley on Twitter):
🇮🇪