Trump’s promise to slap tariffs on imported steel could also make some oil companies reconsider new projects.

Those are some of the reasons Taxpayers for Common Sense bristled at the initial 2017 projection of $1 billion from ANWR, thinking it would snag just 3 percent of that total. The prediction still overshot the actual return by more than double — and national debt has since soared to $36 trillion, up from the $20 trillion.

“Budget gimmicks that obscure the true cost of legislation may smooth its passage, but they won’t fool the debt,” said Autumn Hanna, the group’s vice president.

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