U.S. tariff revenue exceeds $17 billion in April

on May 3rd local time, according to Yahoo Finance, the Trump administration in the United States imposed over $17.4 billion in "tariffs and certain consumption taxes" in April. The report stated that this is nearly double the $9.6 billion revenue in March, and also exceeds any revenue during Trump's first term. Since January 1st, these tariffs have injected over $70 billion in revenue into the government. Trump previously stated on a program that with billions of dollars in tariff revenue pouring in, the United States is "just getting started." (Golden Ten)