The economic establishment and its media allies have been peddling the same tired talking points about Donald Trump’s tariffs for months now. They've insisted that Trump's trade policies would devastate American consumers, crater government revenues, and send the economy into a tailspin. Well, the Treasury Department just delivered a knockout punch to that entire narrative.
The numbers don't lie, even when the left desperately wishes they would. The Treasury announced that the federal government posted a stunning $27 billion surplus in June, driven entirely by surging tariff revenues. While Democrats and their economist cheerleaders were busy predicting economic doom, Trump's tariff strategy was quietly filling government coffers to the tune of billions.
The Treasury's monthly statement laid out the facts in black and white: the government collected $526 billion in revenue during June while spending $499 billion. That $27 billion surplus wasn't some accounting trick or creative bookkeeping; it was the exact amount collected from customs duties. In other words, tariffs didn't just work; they worked spectacularly.
This isn't just a win for Trump's economic policies; it's a complete repudiation of everything the left has been selling about Trump’s trade policies. Remember all those breathless warnings about how tariffs would function as a "tax on American consumers"? Remember the endless parade of economists on cable news insisting that protective trade measures would backfire?
They were wrong then, and they're wrong now.
The beauty of this moment lies not just in the vindication of Trump's approach but in the complete collapse of the left’s credibility on this issue. These are the same people who told us that manufacturing jobs were never coming back, that economic growth above 3% was impossible, and that America's best days were behind us. They've been consistently wrong about everything, yet they continue to position themselves as the arbiters of economic wisdom.
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What makes this even more satisfying is the timing. This surplus comes at a moment when the left has been doubling down on its anti-tariff rhetoric, desperately trying to convince Americans that protecting domestic industry is somehow un-American. It has trotted out the same discredited theories about free trade that have been hollowing out American manufacturing for decades, all while ignoring the real-world results staring it in the face.
The $27 billion trade surplus isn’t just a win; it’s proof that when America stops playing by globalist rules and starts fighting for its own interests, we succeed. For years, other countries slapped tariffs on our goods while demanding full access to our markets. Trump flipped the script, recognizing that reciprocal trade isn’t protectionism; it’s common sense.
Don’t expect the media to admit they were wrong. These are the same outlets that predicted economic ruin from Trump’s tariffs. Now that the numbers say otherwise, they’re either silent or scrambling to spin it. And the bureaucrats who spent years outsourcing American jobs? They’re not about to own up to the damage they caused.
The left’s economic narrative depends on the lie that decline is the price of being a “global citizen.” They call defending American workers selfish and confronting trade cheats dangerous. But this surplus blows that lie to pieces.
Decades of failed economic dogma are collapsing. The experts were wrong, the data proves it, and Trump’s critics have no answers. The only question now is whether voters will reward the policies that put America first or fall for the same old failures.
