By 2026 .. Trump customs duties may push about a million Americans to poverty!

A study issued by the Budget Laboratory at Yale University warned that the customs duties imposed by US President Donald Trump may lead to the impoverishment of approximately 875,000 people if it continues at the current pace, with a rate of poverty from 10.4% to 10.7%.

The report made it clear that low -income families will be the most affected, as they spend a greater percentage of their budgets on imported basic commodities such as clothes, home appliances and electronics, which are directly affected by customs duties. He pointed out that these families already live on a limited daily income that makes them unable to withstand additional increases in prices. According to the study, the use of the supplementary poverty scale, which takes into account government aid and living costs, reveals that the fees may pay 650,000 an additional Americans to poverty in 2026, including 150 thousand children, so that the poverty rate increases from 12% to 12.2%. In contrast, some economic voices see that the fees may In the long term, it supports local growth and job opportunities, which may reduce its negative effects. However, economists have warned that it might re -ignite a new inflationary wave. Politically, the White House criticized the study, as the spokesman Kush Desai considered that Yale experts have erred in their estimates during the Biden period as during the Trump era, noting that the previous Trump policies of customs duties and tax discounts contributed to achieving economic growth and historical decline in the wealth gap. It is mentioned that the average fees The customs during the Trump era reached 17.4%, and it is the highest since 1935. Although the Supreme Court recently agreed to a review of a court ruling that considered that Trump exceeded his powers to impose these fees, its future is still not settled, putting millions of Americans in front of a state of economic and social uncertainty. (Russia today)