According to the White House, since January the United States United States collected the equivalent of around EUR 200 billion in customs duties. "US Treasury Department has raised more than $235 billion in customs duties since January 2025," said the White home in a live video on YouTube, accompanied by music.
Other blocks of text displayed on the screen item another alleged successes of the US president Donald Trumpsuch as immigration policy and the fight against the fentanyl crisis. The Republican is portrayed as a cartoon character sitting next to the Christmas tree and reading aloud. There are no another people.
Total consequence does not meet expectations
The current amount of customs gross is somewhat higher than the amount previously reported by the government. Last week, the US Customs and Border Protection reported customs gross of just over $200 billion.
These revenues were collected between Trump's second inauguration on 20 January and 15 December. Nevertheless, this sum proved to be lower than expected. In July, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (63) He predicted as much as $300 billion by the end of the year.
