Donald Trump harked back to America’s tariff-backed ‘golden age’ and was fact checked til he farted
Donald Trump appears to be the only person who thinks his worldwide tariffs bonanza will actually be a good thing, for America or anyone else.
Well, Trump and all his simpering Cabinet colleagues who rely on him for their jobs (and Republican majority, obviously).
But the president had a message for all the doubters, America’s ‘golden age’ when the then tariff backed nation was the wealthiest it had ever been.
Trump: 1789-1913, we were tariff backed nation, the United States was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been. pic.twitter.com/hncD2PwKpJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025
And he wasn’t finished there.
Trump: In 1913, for reasons unknown, they established income tax so citizens rather than foreign countries would start paying the money necessary to run our government. Then in 1929, it all came to an abrupt end the great depression, it would have never happened if they had to… pic.twitter.com/YVwvvdnmaS
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025
Well, maybe. And when we say maybe, what we really mean is definitely not. And these people surely said it best.
1.
In 1890, most Americans lived in poverty.
In 1860, 13% of Americans were enslaved.
What is he talking about?! https://t.co/Br0Hs5ibdB
— Seth Magaziner (@SethMagaziner) April 2, 2025
2.
Kamala: We are not going back.
Trump: We are going back to 1789. https://t.co/OxZe5zn9XU
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 2, 2025
3.
Yes, the U.S. relied on tariffs from 1789–1913.
We also had no Social Security, no civil rights laws, and kids worked in factories.
Being “proportionately wealthy” back then meant robber barons got richer while everyone else scraped by.
— Nikos (@NikosReggae) April 2, 2025
4.
Trump: the Great Depression wouldn’t have happened “if they had stayed with the tariffs.”
Reality:pic.twitter.com/dkCo6TpjsY https://t.co/eJrK0gITKy
— Lucas Holtz (@LucasHoltz__) April 2, 2025
5.
The income tax was introduced in 1913 because tariffs couldn’t fund a modern economy anymore. Blaming the 1929 Great Depression on the income tax while ignoring Wall Street speculation, banking failures, and inequality is pure fantasy.
— Nikos (@NikosReggae) April 2, 2025
6.
For many of those years, the United States also had — how can I put this lightly — cheap labor https://t.co/wDf4kSchZN
— Jason Brough (@SadClubCommish) April 2, 2025
7.
A history lesson from a guy who’s never read a history book in his life.
— The Resistor Sister®️♥️ (@the_resistor) April 2, 2025