The Trump White House rarely admits defeat. It prefers the posture of inevitability: broad shoulders, big hands, and economic proclamations delivered with the rhythmic confidence of a real estate listing. Thursday morning, that posture cracked.
Buried in a late Friday news dump, Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order exempting more than 100 food items from the reciprocal tariffs he once insisted were essential to safeguarding America’s economic security.
The order itself makes clear why: domestic demand, production capacity, and trade negotiations all made these exemptions “necessary and appropriate.” In other words, the policy had become politically and economically untenable.
Prices never go back down… so we got price increases for no real reason… thanks Mr trump glad your policies are so great… sure makes the whole country great…
There was a reason to raise food prices and it will stay up because these companies are greedy and won’t lower the prices back.
Yea they’ve already removed all the value sized products and shrunk down the remaining products. We’re stuck buying 25-50% less food for 25-50% more money
I’m actually surprised he even gives a shit. I assumed he would just go on forever, ignoring facts and proclaiming everyone who contradicts him to be a radical left antifa terrorist.
That won’t change.
I continue to think at least his administration, maybe not him specifically, drove prices up in 2025 on purpose.
Imagine midterm campaign ads, bragging about how prices have decreased, and citing annual percentage decrease. Damn near impossible when you are always trying your best to manage affordability but perhaps actually doable if you blow things up the year prior.
If they did somehow cut a partial rebate check from the tariffs right smack in the middle of midterm campaigns, they brag about lower prices and people feel the weight of that bonus in their pocket, even if it was their own money in the first place. Lots of people act like tax refund is some sort of spring bonus instead of repayment of a 0% loan they have to the government.
In short, they are going to win midterms by botching the off year.
I’m kind of surprised. He could have been like “We won guys. That why we’re taking them down. Because we’re winning so much.” And get away with it.
Tired of winning yet?
T A C O. Invest with that in mind, it’s like gambling with a 100% chance.
big hands?
you might remember him as a man with small hands
Jesus fucking Christ, I just realized that we elected uncle jack to the office of president. Both are incompetent child molesters with severe body image issues. Ugh
This will threaten all those new banana factories in Michigan. Takin away our banana jerbs.
This is a perfect title.
I want some journalists to ask him why reversing his
taxes, oops, I mean, “tariffs” is a good thing, iftaxestariffs are so great?
Taco will always Taco
Taco Tuesday is early this week.
Trade strategy lol. Whatever you say.
And his base will claim he’s doing them a favor. “Look, he’s lowering prices by removing tariffs (that totally already existed before him!)”
