Trump warns of "economic disaster," claims $17 trillion at stake with tariffs

• As the rhetoric escalates, stocks are falling, bond yields are rising and safe-haven assets like gold are hitting new records.

What they're saying: "If that decision would be lost it would be an economic disaster for the United States," Trump said in an interview on "The Scott Jennings Radio Show" on Tuesday.

• "If we don't have it, we're not going to have a country. We're going to be in very, very serious financial trouble."

That warning follows similar language Trump used in recent days, since a federal appellate court's ruling Friday night throwing out most of his tariffs.

• He previously said the ruling would "literally destroy the United States" and would make the U.S. "a third world nation."

The intrigue: In the same interview, Trump claimed the tariffs were worth an astronomical sum to the United States.

• "We're taking in $17 trillion. Every inch of that money is because of tariffs," Trump said.

Yes, but: $17 trillion would represent more than 4x all annual U.S. imports, or more than half of the total U.S. economy.

• It's more than double what the White House claimed over the weekend the tariffs were generating.

What to watch: Trump said the government would file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court as soon as Wednesday.