No, China is not paying U.S. farmers $16B through tariffs
tulc(just one of the 247 falses of President Trump)Trump said $16 billion in farm aid is being funded "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."
Tariffs are paid into the U.S. Treasury, and the Treasury funds the farm aid. But there is no specific earmark or conduit connecting the two.
More significantly, Trump’s claim simply does not reflect how tariffs work.
The tariffs imposed by Trump have been paid almost entirely by U.S. importers, who pass much of that on to consumers through price increases.
We rate Trump’s claim False.