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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WalMart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalMart</span></a>'s CEO said they will have to raise prices thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonnieDumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonnieDumbass</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonTheCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonTheCon</span></a>'s response was to tell Wal*Mart to "EAT THE TARIFFS!"</p><p>FAR RIGHT PUNDIT and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MtP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MtP</span></a> regular Stephen Hayes commented on this, asking, "If other countries pay the tariff, why would Wal*Mart have to 'Eat the Tariff? He's finally admitting Exporters aren't the ones paying the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a>.'"</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> tells a few <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> - and millions of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SmallBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallBusiness</span></a> owners - to “eat the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>.” <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/5294769-small-business-owners-fight-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/opinion/5294769-sm</span><span class="invisible">all-business-owners-fight-tariffs/</span></a></p><p>To <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> that sounds a bit like “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LetThemEatCake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetThemEatCake</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotComply</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotCollaborateWithFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotCollaborateWithFascists</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/8647now" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8647now</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoKings</span></a></p>
GeriAQuin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2087202/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2087202/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to “eat the tariffs” <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Let's talk about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> telling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> to eat his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BelleOfTheRanch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BelleOfTheRanch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ayOOCRZs12o&amp;si=oj4MaNhFPhStEZZC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ayOOCRZs12</span><span class="invisible">o&amp;si=oj4MaNhFPhStEZZC</span></a></p>
Phoenix Gee<p>So apparently Walmart uses "ai" now to "detect" theft by trying to correlate self-checkout scans with video that shows items being put in bags.</p><p>If that BS believes you didn't scan something and just put it into a bag, it'll block any action until a Walmart empl. unblocks it, after they review the video recording...</p><p>Next time i get held up with some false theft alert like that, i'll just leave the full cart right then and there and go elsewhere.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a></p>
Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!<p>“Sometimes it’s like watching a wasp land on a stinging nettle: someone’s going to get stung and you don’t care.”<br>― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch </p><p>"'Eat the tariffs' Trump tells Walmart, warns not to blame them for price increases"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/17/trump-warns-walmart-not-to-blame-tariffs-for-increased-prices/83695935007" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/politi</span><span class="invisible">cs/2025/05/17/trump-warns-walmart-not-to-blame-tariffs-for-increased-prices/83695935007</span></a></p>
maeve harris<p><a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> tells giant retailer <a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> to 'eat the <a href="https://girlcock.club/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>' rather than raising prices throughout its stores. Walmart says the profit margin is too low, although it will try to keep food costs from rising significantly. Basically asking the retailer to clean up his mess <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/?gaa_at=la&amp;gaa_n=AerBZYNArgSzptWTfHgeAGNlM0DDxWgysyP4PUw7Eyo7oohfw3M8pw0LTCY1pSvpc8lZCiyYpE3gpZosn0mHpDNs-So95PuMhw%3D%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6829250f&amp;gaa_sig=zj5zLQK6PF3ts1AJ8LsJDxA7MlUe2y6quVsmu29AeNTXzV1KHnxAhbWNajhILqvVzzXPTDveiEhwhT-xWsLWwg%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-tel</span><span class="invisible">ls-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/?gaa_at=la&amp;gaa_n=AerBZYNArgSzptWTfHgeAGNlM0DDxWgysyP4PUw7Eyo7oohfw3M8pw0LTCY1pSvpc8lZCiyYpE3gpZosn0mHpDNs-So95PuMhw%3D%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6829250f&amp;gaa_sig=zj5zLQK6PF3ts1AJ8LsJDxA7MlUe2y6quVsmu29AeNTXzV1KHnxAhbWNajhILqvVzzXPTDveiEhwhT-xWsLWwg%3D%3D</span></a></p>
Brian Harrod<p>TRUMP'S TARIFF TIRADE: Raging at Walmart to “Eat the Tariffs” Amid Price Hike Warnings</p><p>In a fiery outburst on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a>, President <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> unleashed a scathing rebuke of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a>, for announcing price increases attributed to his controversial tariff policies....</p><p><a href="https://x.com/GetTheDailyDirt/status/1923870379719918040" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/GetTheDailyDirt/status/1</span><span class="invisible">923870379719918040</span></a></p>
Freezenet<p>As Price Shocks Arrive, Trump Orders Retailers to Lose Money</p><p>Price shocks are arriving thanks to the tariffs. Trump has ordered retailers to "eat the tariffs" in a panicked response.</p><p><a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/as-price-shocks-arrive-trump-orders-retailers-to-lose-money/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freezenet.ca/as-price-shocks-a</span><span class="invisible">rrive-trump-orders-retailers-to-lose-money/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a></p>
The One<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a> </p><p>Nice admission!!</p><p>“ President Donald Trump on Saturday ripped into Walmart, saying on social media that the retail giant should eat the additional costs created by his tariffs.”</p><p>“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,” Trump posted. “Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,”</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-walmart-inflation-import-taxes-e2012e0d9e242b0be0b9474aa58d41fd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-tarif</span><span class="invisible">fs-walmart-inflation-import-taxes-e2012e0d9e242b0be0b9474aa58d41fd</span></a></p>
TheAuroraSentinel<p>Trump warns Walmart: Don't raise prices due to my tariffs but do eat the costs from those taxes</p><p>“Walmart and China they should, as is said, ‘EAT THE TARIFFS,’ and not charge valued customers ANYTHING.” </p><p> <a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/nation/trump-warns-walmart-dont-raise-prices-due-to-my-tariffs-but-do-eat-the-costs-from-those-taxes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentinelcolorado.com/nation-wo</span><span class="invisible">rld/nation/trump-warns-walmart-dont-raise-prices-due-to-my-tariffs-but-do-eat-the-costs-from-those-taxes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2086042/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2086042/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Panicked Donald Trump Lashes Walmart for Telling Truth on Tariffs <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a></p>
RoundSparrow 🐦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeWalmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeWalmart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeTariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeTariff</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeMay17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeMay17</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/May17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May17</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FWakeY2025</span></a> </p><p>"This led CA to discover that even if a hypothetical trade war with China or Mexico meant the loss of American jobs and profits, people primed with anger would tolerate that domestic economic damage if it meant they could use a trade war to punish immigrant groups and urban liberals.”<br>― Christopher Wylie, Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America, 2019</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RescueFriendsOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RescueFriendsOpera</span></a> /\</p>
House Panther :verified_paw:<p>This just cracked my ass up. <a href="https://goblackcat.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> actually told <a href="https://goblackcat.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> to eat the tariffs. 🍑🤡</p><p><a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-144516437.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trum</span><span class="invisible">p-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-144516437.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://goblackcat.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Sounds a bit like “let them eat cake “</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> tells <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a> to 'eat the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>' instead of raising prices</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-tel</span><span class="invisible">ls-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2085658/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2085658/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> In a trade war, Walmart lacks some of Amazon’s ammunition <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanRetailTitans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanRetailTitans</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2085645/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2085645/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> A serial entrepreneur, a musician, and Walmart’s CEO walk into an AI factory… <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>A</span></a>.I. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TermSheet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermSheet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a></p>
Erik Jonker<p>So basically Trump confirms tariffs cause higher prices for US consumers.Good that this is now clear for everyone.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walmart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>“Given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week … the higher tariffs will result in higher prices,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said yesterday.</p><p>Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States. It has huge buying power and supply-chain options. If Walmart can’t keep prices down, don’t count on any anyone else doing so."</p><p><a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-thats-certain-to-tank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertreich.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-one-thing-thats-certain-to-tank</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tradewar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walmart</span></a></p>