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BumRushDaShow

(169,903 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:58 AM Feb 28

Trump administration warns tariff refund process 'will take time'

Source: The Guardian

Sat 28 Feb 2026 00.56 EST
First published on Fri 27 Feb 2026 21.56 EST

The Trump administration said refunds of tariffs struck down by the US supreme court “will take time”, according to court documents filed by the Department of Justice.

Businesses including FedEx have lined up to demand reimbursement for US tariffs they have paid but that the court last week deemed were imposed illegally, prompting heavy criticism from Donald Trump.

The justice department did not say it plans to ask the supreme court to rehear the case, despite Trump’s comments earlier on Friday.

Claiming that refunds could ultimately cost hundreds of billions of dollars, the president wrote: “I am sure that the supreme court did not have this in mind!”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-tariff-refunds

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Trump administration warns tariff refund process 'will take time' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 28 OP

Better known as................... Lovie777 Feb 28 #1

He needs time to figure out how to steal all of it Irish_Dem Feb 28 #2

Oh God in heaven, good one mahina Feb 28 #7

Translation: When pigs fly PatSeg Feb 28 #3

Yes, what they call "two weeks." Harker Feb 28 #13

"We'll see what happens" PatSeg Feb 28 #14

Those receiving the first round of tariff refunds will get their money when their Trump phones arrive. Firestorm49 Feb 28 #4

And after the Muskrat DOGEshit checks are in the mail. BumRushDaShow Feb 28 #11

I needed that laughter, thank you mahina Feb 28 #5

My pleasure Firestorm49 Feb 28 #8

When Mexico pays for the wall IronLionZion Feb 28 #6

Two weeks. twodogsbarking Feb 28 #9

They've already spent that money.... nt Figarosmom Feb 28 #10

Which means our checks will arrive on the 12th of never. nt Javaman Feb 28 #12

He has Rebl2 Feb 28 #15

Trump described the Tariff tax money as being on a shelf. delisen Feb 28 #16

Tariff collection never went into the treasury Bayard Feb 28 #17

My understanding: tariffs money goes into US Treasury Fund delisen Feb 28 #18

I'm guessing twelfth of never type of time. patphil Feb 28 #19

Only businesses that lost money should get anything. cstanleytech Feb 28 #20

Of course he never pays his bills. mdbl Feb 28 #21

Furious Trump wants 'rehearing' after 'highly disappointing' Supreme Court defeat LetMyPeopleVote Feb 28 #22

Lovie777

(23,014 posts)

1. Better known as...................

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:02 AM

Feb 28

-0- refund to the consumers.

Irish_Dem

(81,368 posts)

2. He needs time to figure out how to steal all of it

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:08 AM

Feb 28

mahina

(20,645 posts)

7. Oh God in heaven, good one

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:27 AM

Feb 28

I may have just woke up the neighbors with laughter. Physically needed that that.thank you.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)

3. Translation: When pigs fly

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:09 AM

Feb 28

Harker

(17,805 posts)

13. Yes, what they call "two weeks."

Reply to PatSeg (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:58 AM

Feb 28

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)

14. "We'll see what happens"

Reply to Harker (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:03 PM

Feb 28

For some reason it is almost always in "two weeks". Same old playbook.

Firestorm49

(4,549 posts)

4. Those receiving the first round of tariff refunds will get their money when their Trump phones arrive.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:22 AM

Feb 28

BumRushDaShow

(169,903 posts)

11. And after the Muskrat DOGEshit checks are in the mail.

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:06 AM

Feb 28

mahina

(20,645 posts)

5. I needed that laughter, thank you

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:26 AM

Feb 28

Firestorm49

(4,549 posts)

8. My pleasure

Reply to mahina (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:45 AM

Feb 28

IronLionZion

(51,285 posts)

6. When Mexico pays for the wall

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:26 AM

Feb 28

Tariffs lower prices. So I bet MAGA is excited to see what happens with oil prices with this Iran war.

twodogsbarking

(18,819 posts)

9. Two weeks.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:50 AM

Feb 28

Figarosmom

(12,049 posts)

10. They've already spent that money.... nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 10:51 AM

Feb 28

Javaman

(65,732 posts)

12. Which means our checks will arrive on the 12th of never. nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 11:50 AM

Feb 28

Rebl2

(17,750 posts)

15. He has

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 12:13 PM

Feb 28

no intention of refunding that money. Foolish to think he will. It’s his money now.

delisen

(7,377 posts)

16. Trump described the Tariff tax money as being on a shelf.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:26 PM

Feb 28

He urged some of his followers to look on the tariff shelf for how to pay for some things.

He may have thought of the tariff shelf as being in his bedroom or bathroom or any personal space where he stored stolen government documents.

Trump does not think of the tariff billions as being in the US Treasury.

I cheer on FEDEX and Governors Pritzker and Hochul in demanding refunds. We must demand what is ours

If we do not claw back what we paid, the billions in illegal taxes we paid will be used to destroy people, places, and things. People all over the world, places all over the world, and things like peace, security, and the rule of law.

Bayard

(29,727 posts)

17. Tariff collection never went into the treasury

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 01:51 PM

Feb 28

So, any refunds will come from U.S. taxpayers, and probably only go to a few large companies.

delisen

(7,377 posts)

18. My understanding: tariffs money goes into US Treasury Fund

Reply to Bayard (Reply #17)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 02:20 PM

Feb 28

Tariff money becomes part of the general fund, is not earmarked, and an be spent for ant purpose allowed under rules for general fund spending.

If you have different information Please let me know.

Definitely refunds will cost us.but businesses do have the right to their refunds which have now been declared illegal..

I think one way t refund all of us affected is to shut down ICE and to repurpose that expense to paying us.refunds.

patphil

(9,083 posts)

19. I'm guessing twelfth of never type of time.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 03:53 PM

Feb 28

Or perhaps February 30th.

cstanleytech

(28,477 posts)

20. Only businesses that lost money should get anything.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 05:25 PM

Feb 28

If they raised prices and made a higher profit then they shouldn't get shit.

mdbl

(8,661 posts)

21. Of course he never pays his bills.

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Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:06 PM

Feb 28

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,960 posts)

22. Furious Trump wants 'rehearing' after 'highly disappointing' Supreme Court defeat

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 08:33 PM

Feb 28

trump really does not want to refund the illegal tariffs

President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court again on Friday, questioning whether a "Rehearing or Readjudication" is possible after the justices dealt a devastating blow to his tariff agenda one week ago.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-28T02:00:21Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supreme-court-2675368843

President Donald Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court again on Friday, questioning whether a “Rehearing or Readjudication” is possible after the justices dealt a devastating blow to his tariff agenda one week ago.

In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump claimed the ruling “could allow for Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to be returned to Countries and Companies that have been ‘ripping off’ the United States of America for many years."

"And now, according to this Decision, could actually continue to do so, at an even increased level,” he argued. “I am sure that the Supreme Court did not have this in mind!”

“It doesn’t make sense that Countries and Companies that took advantage of us for decades, receiving Billions and Billions of Dollars that they should not have been allowed to receive, would now be entitled to an undeserved ‘windfall,’ the likes of which the World has never seen before," Trump added.

The president insisted the high court could not have intended such an outcome and called the decision “highly disappointing, to say the least.” He then added: “Is a Rehearing or Readjudication of this case possible???”

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