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he hasn't actually claimed that the US has gotten $17 trillion in tariff revenue (unless he misspoke). The $17 Trillion figure is bullshit (The total GDP of the US is only $29 Trillion), but it refers to supposed "promises" of investment in the US. Theoretically, companies investing $1 trillion in the US (through building factories, buying American products, etc.) would generate millions or even billions in extra revenues for the US government ($1 Trillion in investment in the US does not mean the US government gets a Trillion dollars or anywhere close to that despite that being what Trump wants people to believe). But even under the most optimistic scenarios, $1 trillion in investment is never going to generate close to $1 trillion in additional revenues.