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Trump’s $166 Billion Corporate Enrichment Scam

financeMay 5, 202632

An essay calculates that former President Donald Trump's tariffs produced $166 billion in net gains for corporations. The essay says those tariffs let firms raise prices and capture protection rents, shifting costs onto consumers and workers while inflating corporate profits. The essay labels the tariffs illegal and describes the effect as a reverse Robin Hood that funneled wealth toward large firms. The $166 billion estimate reframes Trump-era trade policy as a regressive transfer and raises questions about tariff design and corporate accountability.

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