Cost of Trump — Financial Tracker

Cost of Trump: Your Money. Their Choices.

When the administration spends, it spends your money. Every figure below is sourced per line item and updated as new data arrives.

Ledger v1.0.0 · updated 2026-06-29

Federal dollars spent

$17.26B

one-time outlays · ~$107 per taxpayer (for scale, not a bill)

Indirect economic cost

$151.00B + $198.00B (10-yr)

lost revenue, productivity & research — a separate bucket

Federal spending and per-household burden are measured in different units and are never added together. Each is shown on its own terms.

What it costs your household

Income decile	Annual tariff cost
Decile 1 (lowest)	$517
Decile 10 (highest)	$2K

Where the money goes

DOGE Transition Costs direct federal

Federal outlays incurred to execute the DOGE workforce reductions. Distinct from DOGE’s economy-wide cost (indirect) and lost IRS revenue (indirect) – the three are never summed (charter Rule 6).

Deferred Resignation Program (admin-leave payments) estimated	$4.50B one time · Partnership for Public Service (via Federal News Network)
Reduction-in-Force severance payments estimated	$763.9M one time · Partnership for Public Service

Tariff Farm Subsidies direct federal

Taxpayer-funded payments to farmers harmed by the administration’s tariffs. Distinct from the consumer tariff burden in Ledger B – same cause, different payer (charter Rule 6).

Farmer Bridge Assistance Program (tariff bailout) confirmed

$12.00B

one time · USDA press release

Tariff Tax Burden household burden

Per-household incidence of the administration’s tariffs, reported by income decile (Yale Budget Lab). Section 122 expiring scenario. NOTE: tariffs also raise federal revenue – the offset is disclosed on the methodology page (charter Rule 5) but is NOT netted against this burden.

Annual tariff cost per household, by income decile estimated

by decile (see above)

annual recurring · Yale Budget Lab, State of U.S. Tariffs: April 8, 2026

DOGE Economy-Wide Cost indirect

Broader economic cost of the federal workforce cuts. Excludes lost IRS revenue and litigation (charter Rule 6) – do not add to the IRS-revenue item.

Economy-wide cost of federal workforce cuts (FY2025) estimated

$135.00B

one time · Partnership for Public Service, Cost to Our Economy tool

Lost Tax Revenue (IRS staffing cuts) indirect

Federal revenue foregone due to reduced IRS enforcement capacity. Source is Yale Budget Lab (NOT Tax Policy Center); figure is a 10-year cumulative, not annual.

Net revenue loss from a 22,000-employee IRS RIF (2026-2035) estimated

$198.00B

cumulative · Yale Budget Lab, A Weakened IRS Has Substantial Consequences

Research Funding Loss indirect

Economic impact of the NIH indirect-cost (F&A) cap. Static estimate – not an annual recurring loss.

Economic loss from the NIH indirect-cost cap estimated

$16.00B

one time · SCIMaP project, University of Pennsylvania + University of Maryland

Supporting context (not costed)

Federal workforce reductions (separations): ~378,000 separations; net -256,000 (-11%), Dec 2024 – Jan 2026 — GAO-26-108583, Federal Agency Workforce Changes: Update for July 2025-January 2026

How we count

Two ledgers, never summed. Costs are typed by basis (one-time / annual / cumulative) and attributed against a baseline. Sources are tiered (primary-official > research-institution > advocacy > news); only primary-official sources are marked high confidence. Tariffs raise federal revenue as well as costing households — that offset is disclosed, not hidden.

Data for educational and analytical purposes. Updated 2026-06-29 · ledger v1.0.0 · generated 2026-09-16 19:36 UTC