Economist Trump Cited on Tariff Math Says He ‘Got It All Wrong’

An economist Donald Trump cited in calculations for his extra-high global tariffs says that the president should get an F- in math.

University of Chicago economics professor Brett Neiman was a Biden-era Treasury official who wrote the research Trump has cited. In a New York Timesop-ed on Monday, Neiman described his initial shock at the initial announcement, still unaware that he was a major player.

“My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime, was: How on earth did they calculate such huge rates?”

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