Statement: The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.” Before pausing country-by-country tariffs for 90 days, President Donald Trump repeatedly said tariffs were bringing in immense revenue.

Donald Trump claimed America is “taking in billions and billions of dollars” as a result of global trade tariffs. The US president said nothing he heard during a White House meeting with Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (17 April),

President Trump’s tariffs have brought in $250 million a day since he took office — a fraction of the daily $3 billion that he bragged his sweeping levies have generated. The massive contradiction comes from figures provided by the Customs and Border Protection — the agency charged with collecting all tariffs,

The clock is ticking on a race of President Donald Trump's own making: a sprint to negotiate dozens of trade deals before his 90-day pause on some tariffs expires — talks that negotiators of past trade deals say come with a range of strategic and logistical hurdles due to Trump's compressed timeline.

US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence in reaching a trade deal with the European Union (EU) before the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends. Trump made the remarks during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to Washington on Thursday.