Well, howdy there, internet people, it's bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's tariff turnarounds in 2025.

So, as we enter 2026, we got a question about why Trump's tariffs weren't quite as devastating as some economists

predicted.

So here's the message.

Quote, Ms. Bell, I have a question.

Since even before Trump actually took office, we had economists after economist predict doom

and gloom about Trump's tariffs.

Now I know they've raised prices, and I know it's getting passed on to us.

But is it just me, or is it not as bad as some of them made it out to be?

I really hope you answer.

I'm asking you because you were one who said, we'll have to see what he actually implements because as you say trump is not a source i think if i ask somebody who predicted doom and gloom they'll just

deflect did he really not implement a lot of his promises did he really not implement a lot of his promises? I mean, you could ask that

question about pretty much any subject, and the answer would be yes. But in this one, we can be

specific. In his inaugural address, he said, quote,

We are establishing the external revenue service to collect all tariffs, duties, and revenues.

It will be massive amounts of money pouring into our treasury, coming from foreign sources.

There's still no external revenue service. It wasn't ever going to happen, because again, tariffs aren't paid by foreign countries. They're paid by the importer and then passed on to you.

But some economists expected this to really turn into a huge bureaucratic mass that would add cost to the importer

and then onto you. They really should have just assumed he was rambling and that it would never

happen. Predictions about the economy got more dire when he said he was giving $2,000 dividend.

They assumed that he would give the checks to try to sway people and to act as a stimulus

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