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thanks Walmart this is really good timing

It doesn't even matter:

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/18/consumer-confidence-trump-republicans-white-house

Turns out, a lot of consumer mood is literally just people's social media feeds. Even if prices go up and QoL goes down, on average, consumers might feel better simply because Trump being in office makes them feel good.

I am not going to point out how monumentally problematic this is... Nope. There's definitely no bad precedent for that.

I feel like no one bothered to campaign against Trump.... until... AFTER he won

No shit.

This is literally in the first paragraph of every economics textbook when they talk about tariffs.

But the question is, will American manufacturing make up for the costs? Or, will American manufacturing just raise their prices to match the tariffs and lump the profits into their executive bonuses. They deserve it after all for being smart enough to raise prices.

100% guarantee price raises across the board, even for stuff not affected by tarrifs/mass deportation labor shortages.

It'll be covid all over again, an excuse to price gouge the fuck out of those who can least afford it.

They voted for nonsense looks like they are getting nonsense.

How will they call the new inflation and how are they going to pin this on not Trump. Curious how this is going to play out.

It's a certainty, not a fucking "likelihood'. That's how they work.

China will pay for the tariffs in the same way Mexico paid for the wall.

Oh, I thought he was fixing inflation!

Wow, what a shocker! Who could have predicted how that turned out?

So nice of them to say this after the orange fuck was elected. Heaven forbid they tell their customers that when their customers could actually do something about it.

Pretty sure everyone was told this before the election.

Problem:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/11/12/trump-election-win-college-educated-voters/76109508007/

"Harris outperformed Biden’s 2020 numbers among white voters with college degrees. Meanwhile, exit polling from NBC News gave Republicans a 9-point gain with voters who never attended college."

No shit.

It's crazy how so many GOP supporters didn't know this...

The I voted for him for cheaper eggs crowd are about to call this fake news.

Everything he will do contributes to anger, division and the collapse of the United States.

Gonna be real neat watching Republicans turn on corporate America and accusing them of price gouging when (for once) they're not.

Nobody here is surprised.

just like mexico paid for his 'wall'

buys that external drive I've been putting off for a while

Yeah, I mean I knew that, you knew that, Americans are so uneducated that the majority had no idea how basic economics work.

Well FAFO, we're all going to learn the hard way I guess.

There are two bright sides to this (and dark sides as well):

-This will decrease demand of Chinese goods in the U.S., hurting a country that is ... problematic to say the least. (Anyone remember the Uyghurs? The O.G. Gazens?) It probably won't shift demand back to the U.S. factories, but maybe it is time for another country to become the slave-labor-ish manufacturing capital of the world.

-When the prices skyrocket, along with food from all the missing immigrant farm hands, Trump will get blamed. I just hope this wasn't the plan all along and those "fake" inflation hikes back after covid weren't to cover for the real ones down the road.

Trump almost has it. If he can just be a slightly bigger ass on a slightly bigger stage, then he'll be happy.

Musn't give up too soon.

Don't worry, at least Americans are, on average, in possession of endless piles of extra money after the last decade. Elon says it's time for all of us to tighten our belts. We're just so fat with all that money we've all been saving!

I'm so glad he and the other rich chucklefucks trickled so hard on us.

Folks, listen closely, okay? Nobody understands tariffs better than me. Believe me, they’re tremendous, tremendous tariffs. And now Walmart – yes, Walmart, great company, big stores, huge – they’re telling you that YOU, the great American people, will be paying for these tariffs. And you know what? That’s fantastic news. Incredible. Let me tell you why.

First, it’s about sacrifice. The greatest country in the world doesn’t rise without its amazing, hardworking patriots chipping in a little bit more. And trust me, when you pay a little extra at Walmart for your cheap, uh, Made-in-China toasters, you’re not just buying a toaster. You’re buying FREEDOM, folks. You’re sticking it to the Chinese economy. No one else could get that deal done, okay? Only me.

Second, we’re BUILDING here, okay? When American families dig a little deeper into their pockets, that’s money going back into our economy. It’s like… MAGA economics, so smart you wouldn’t believe it. All of a sudden, Americans will say, "Hey, why am I buying Chinese stuff? Let’s buy American!" And BOOM – jobs. Factories humming. Steel, coal, maybe even wood, I don’t know. Beautiful stuff.

Third, let’s talk winning. When we pay these tariffs – our tariffs – we’re showing the world who’s boss. China thinks they’re so smart. So clever. Well, joke’s on them. We’re so good at tariffs, we’re making YOU pay them instead of them. Genius move, right? They won’t even know what hit them. Tremendous strategy. They’re probably shaking in Beijing.

And look, folks, I hear you. “But sir, sir, what about the prices?” And I say this: are you willing to pay a little more at Walmart to make America the GREATEST it’s ever been? I think you are. And if you’re not, then maybe you like China too much. Sad!

So remember, every time you spend a little extra at Walmart – and it’s a GREAT store, by the way, I love it, fantastic – just think of it as making a donation to America. To freedom. To ME – your favorite president – who is bringing the best tariffs, the best deals, and the best America you’ve ever seen.

God bless tariffs. God bless Walmart. And God bless the United States of America. MAGA!