General Discussion

The tariffs were collected by US Customs and remitted to the treasury.

Trump isn’t keeping the money for himself, he, and Vought and Bessent know giving out refunds would be a clerical and financial nightmare that would balloon the deficit and intensify the humiliation of this administration.

SCOTUS was mute on the issue of refunds, so in typical Trumpian fashion he says “make me”.

He’s not keeping the tariff money because he considers the funds his own personal cash.

Now, Venezuelan oil money, on the other hand…

If Dems are smart, they will attack Republicans on the tariff refund issue relentlessly during the midterm campaign.

The big question is, should the refunds go to the importers who paid them at the point of delivery (most logical and feasible to calculate) or to the consumers who paid them in increased prices (most politically beneficial but nearly impossible to fairly calculate)?