Walmart just announced they’re hiking prices. Not next year. Not next quarter. This month. And why? According to their CEO and CFO? Tariffs. Yep, Trump’s tariffs. The same “America First” economic wet dream that’s really just a tax on working Americans.
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Now, right on cue—right-wing Twitter lights up, claiming Walmart’s full of it. Saying the tariffs were lowered, not raised. That this is just some greedy excuse to jack up prices. And you know what?
They’re partially right.
But here’s the truth they don’t want to say out loud—
Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs. That’s confirmed. That’s fact. Even at 30%, they’re still a tax on imported goods—and you’re the one paying it at the checkout, not China. That banana, that coffee, that TV in the cart? It all just got more expensive.
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But here’s where the right-wing gets it twisted—
They stop at “Walmart’s lying.” I say: Why not both? Why can’t it be true that Trump is taxing you through tariffs and corporations like Walmart will use it as cover to pad their profits?
That’s how it always works!
Tariff goes up → costs go up → prices go even higher than they need to → you lose.
It's inflation theater starring Wall Street and directed by a wannabe dictator with a gold-plated plane.
This isn’t a “free market.” It’s a rigged monopoly state where Trump slaps tariffs on imports, corporate giants pretend they’re helpless, and then use the chaos to squeeze a few more pennies out of every working-class wallet in America.
That’s not capitalism. That’s a shakedown.
And let’s not ignore the constitutional part of this either—Congress controls trade policy. Not the president. But Trump, in true dictator fashion, is once again using executive fiat to slap tariffs on anything he feels like. Coffee from Peru? Bananas from Colombia? Toy parts from China? If Trump’s in a mood, you’re paying more.
So yeah—if you’re mad about prices going up? Good. You should be.
But don’t let them divide you with some “Walmart vs Trump” crap.
They’re both at the table. You’re the one on the menu.
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