Before President Donald Trump paused some new tariffs that he unveiled on April 2, several economic groups estimated that tariffs he has announced this year could raise between roughly $2 trillion and more than $4 billion in federal revenue over a 10-year period.

Basic economics shows the revenue would be at most half as much — and probably less than that. “We’re going to raise about $100 billion with the auto tariffs alone … In addition, the other tariffs are going to raise about $600 billion a year, about $6 trillion over a 10-year period.”

In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, White House economic advisor Peter Navarro said the tariffs set to be announced this week would be one of the