Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 188

A 60% tariff on all goods from China

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] We'll put a 60 percent tariff — maybe more — on everything coming in from China.”
Promised
, Fox News 'Sunday Morning Futures' interview
Re-promised
15 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Trade & tariffs
Era
2024 campaign

What happened

The across-the-board 60% China rate was never put in place. Rates swung wildly through 2025 truces and escalations, and PolitiFact still rated the promise Stalled at the one-year mark in January 2026. The Feb. 20, 2026 Supreme Court ruling invalidated the emergency authority Trump had used for most of the China tariffs.

Sources

  1. MAGA-Meter: Add a 60% tariff on goods from China PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026
  2. Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs Holland & Knight, Feb 23, 2026