Get the Facts: Federal income tax elimination unlikely due to tariff revenue

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact.com .

President Donald Trump has recently claimed his tariffs will generate so much money that Americans could soon stop paying federal income taxes. But experts say he's overpromised.

"Over the next couple of years, I think we'll … be cutting income tax — could be almost completely cutting it, because the money we're taking in is going to be so large," Trump told service members in a Thanksgiving video.

He repeated the idea in a Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting.

"I believe at some point in the not too distant future, you wouldn’t even have income tax to pay because the money we’re taking in is so great," Trump said. "It’s so enormous that you’re not going to have income tax to pay. Whether you get rid of it or just keep it around for fun