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There is no special Trump Swiss account for tariffs. I can't believe anyone would actually believe such nonsense. 
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/06/20/where-is-our-tariff-revenue-going
But if everything goes smoothly, the CBP sends tariff revenue to the U.S. Treasury’s general fund, which is where our federal income taxes also go.
The president, the Treasury Secretary and the CBP do not have the discretion to spend that money.
“President Trump, will sort of talk as if he's got this money that can be spent. It cannot be spent unless Congress authorizes and appropriates it to be spent for a particular purpose,” Meyer said. “It's just a tax in the same way the president cannot just turn around and spend the income tax dollars that the IRS collects and remits into the general revenue of the Treasury.”
The president, the Treasury Secretary and the CBP do not have the discretion to spend that money.
“President Trump, will sort of talk as if he's got this money that can be spent. It cannot be spent unless Congress authorizes and appropriates it to be spent for a particular purpose,” Meyer said. “It's just a tax in the same way the president cannot just turn around and spend the income tax dollars that the IRS collects and remits into the general revenue of the Treasury.”
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