Trump Faces Rebuttal with His Own Words After Latest Threat

Donald Trump’s own words are being thrown back in his face after his Saturday Wal-Mart threat.

The president over the weekend told Walmart’s executives that they should absorb any increased costs that he has created on imported goods through trade policies.

“I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!” Trump
wrote
as he demanded Wal-Mart and China simply “eat the tariffs.”

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But that didn’t sit well with many longtime Trump onlookers, who observed that the president previously said no one would need to eat the tariffs.

Author
James Surowiecki
But Trump has repeatedly stated that foreign nations bear the burden of tariffs, not American businesses or shoppers.

“If that’s true, why would Walmart have to absorb anything?” he countered.

NBC political analyst
Stephen Hayes
Similarly questioned, “‘If a tariff is a tax on a foreign country,’ as Trump has often stated, why does Walmart have to bear these costs?'” (8/17/24, Wilkes-Barre, PA).

Editor
Jonah Goldberg
chimed in, “I can recall this since I’m clearly not an infant — Trump claimed that tariffs were something paid for by other nations.”

Goldberg questioned how Walmart could absorb tariffs when those costs haven’t been absorbed by other nations.

One popular account,
Turnbull
,” wondered, “How can Trump anticipate that Walmart will bear the cost of the tariffs when he has assured us that it is countries who cover these costs rather than American businesses?”

“Please break it down for me as if I were Sean Duffy attending an airport safety for beginners class,” the liberal influencer requested.