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[โ€“] InputZero@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They go to Trump's sovereign wealth fund which he uses to give his allies cushy government contracts.

[โ€“] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Do you have a source where I could read more about this? I tried looking all of this up and the only articles I found contradict the original comment about taking loans to repay tariffs and that putting tariff revenue into a sovereign wealth fund was proposed but never happened.

Edit: further reading shows neither is factual.