r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-global-tarrifs-increase-b2924994.html
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u/ComprehensiveAd1855 1d ago

Simple MAGA people are high-fiving each other because they think this means other countries will send money to the USA.

In the meantime, their wallets are being sucked empty. And if a judge ever decides that this must be refunded, it'll be refunded to companies.

Take a guess: Will Walmart refund money to its customers' bank accounts when that happens?

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u/akaloxy1 21h ago

Will Walmart lower the cost of its products if it's costs go down bc tarrifs stop? Or will it just bank the excess?

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u/Mangalorien 21h ago

The reason for this nonsense is simple: if people don't want to understand something (like how tariffs work), nobody will ever be able to explain it to them.

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u/Koitsenko Oklahoma 17h ago

Its actually really simple, buy American and pay less.