Mini-Post: A Con Artist's Shell Game.

Did you see where Trump want to give you the taxpayer $1000 to $2000 from the billions that the tariff have racked in from us… the consumer. Isn’t that a nice gesture?

You know what this reminds me of is a Ponzi scheme or shell game con artists play on a rube.

The Economic Times says that;

The United States took in more revenue from tariffs in the first six months of 2025 than it did in all of 2024, according to data from the US Treasury compiled by AFP.

The more than $87 billion in tariff revenue taken in through the end of June, compared with $79 billion collected in all of 2024, according to the latest monthly data published on Wednesday.

And he wants to give back what percentage to us? The people whose pockets were squeezed? However, there is one small problem with the “give backs” it would work! The numbers don’t add up.

That promise was just for headlines and then he will blame it on the Democrats nixing his plans! If 100 million taxpayers get $1,000 each, that’s $100 billion. Hold it! But the tariffs are only raising that much. So he is giving it all away? But… but he said it would go for paying off the debt! He is playing us for a bunch country shills!

So here is Trump’s real playbook…

1. Impose tariffs

→ They quietly raise prices on everyday goods (which most voters don’t directly attribute to policy).

2. Brag about massive “tariff revenue”

→ Framing it as money “taken from China” or “foreign cheaters” — even though Americans are paying it.

3. Promise a $1,000–$2,000 rebate to taxpayers

→ Doesn’t matter if it’s mathematically impossible — the promise is what makes headlines and rallies crowds.

4. Send the idea to Congress

→ Knowing full well it’s unlikely to pass, especially if the rebate exceeds available tariff revenue.

5. When Congress rejects or stalls it…

→ Blame Democrats (or RINOs) for “blocking your money”

→ Campaign message: “I tried to give you $2,000 — they stopped it!”

∴ Thereby:

→ He gets credit for the promise, not the follow-through.

→ Opponents get blamed for fiscal responsibility.

→ Voters remember the offer, not the mechanics.

→ Voters get stuck with the bill buried in the higher prices of imports!

→ Voters forget that the tariffs are really going to pay off the taxcuts to billionaires!

(I had a little help with the list from ChatGPT)

As those late night commercials used to say.... "But wait, there's more!"

You see Trump also promised farmers about getting a share of the tariffs! CNN Business reported last month that,

“We’ve made so much money on Tariffs, that we are going to take a small portion of that money, and help our Farmers. I WILL NEVER LET OUR FARMERS DOWN!” Trump wrote on social media this week. The other is tapping into a “slush fund,” as the officials described it, at the Department of Agriculture.

It seems to me that Trump promised rainbows but will deliver nothing,