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Will Trump’s tariffs cost families $4,000, as Schumer says? | Fact check

PolitiFact | Calculating how typical households would be hit involves estimation and assumptions — especially given Trump’s frequent tinkering with the tariffs.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, is flanked by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, second from right, as he speaks during an event with House and Senate Democrats to mark 100 days of President Donald Trump's term on the steps of the Senate on April 30. Schumer said last month on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump's tariffs would cost American families about $4,000 a year. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, center, is flanked by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, second from right, as he speaks during an event with House and Senate Democrats to mark 100 days of President Donald Trump's term on the steps of the Senate on April 30. Schumer said last month on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump's tariffs would cost American families about $4,000 a year. [ MARK SCHIEFELBEIN | AP ]

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Louis Jacobson is the chief correspondent for PolitiFact and a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Times. He has served as deputy editor of Roll Call and as founding editor of its legislative wire service, CongressNow. Earlier, he spent more than a decade covering politics, policy and lobbying for National Journal magazine.

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