Trump tells Walmart to 'eat the tariffs' instead of raising prices

[demmiblue]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Walmart (WMT.N) should "eat the tariffs" instead of blaming duties imposed on imported goods for the retailer's increase prices.

His comments were in response to the world's largest retailer saying this week that it would have to start raising prices later this month due to high cost of tariffs.

"Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, 'EAT THE TARIFFS,' and not charge valued customers ANYTHING."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/

[Eugene]

1. Reuters link

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs-instead-raising-prices-2025-05-17/

[Eugene]

2. Ah, the famous Trump Discount. That resembles how business works in Zimbabwe.

[EX500rider]

3. Yeah that's not how that works Trumpy

Walmart's net profit margin for the quarter ending January 31, 2025, was 2.85%. The average net profit margin for 2024 was 2.63%

[dweller]

4. Wonder how soon

The 86/47 merch appears at Wally world … it’s selling well at Amazon
🤔



✌🏻

[Wonder Why]

5. So says Scrooge who would reach down for a penny in the dirt even with the "billions" he has already stolen.

[NJCher]

6. Hey, Wal-mart, Listen Up!

The guy who lost more money than anyone else in the United States has some business advice for you.

Here are some relevant facts from his spectacular (not) business career, according to the IRS and as reported by the NY Times:

snip

The numbers show that in 1985, Mr. Trump reported losses of $46.1 million from his core businesses — largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings. They continued to lose money every year, totaling $1.17 billion in losses for the decade.

In fact, year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer, The Times found when it compared his results with detailed information the I.R.S. compiles on an annual sampling of high-income earners. His core business losses in 1990 and 1991 — more than $250 million each year — were more than double those of the nearest taxpayers in the I.R.S. information for those years.

snip

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/07/us/politics/donald-trump-taxes.html

[nowforever]

20. Amazing

how this ignorant bully continued to grift and grind till Apprentice resurrected him. He is now example for ignorant bullies everywhere that there is hope.

[markodochartaigh]

45. It certainly seems like the Russians

have spent an incredible amount to keep him afloat! And, even more amazingly, their investment paid off! Bigly!

[groundloop]

68. tRump had to have been skimming money from his casino earnings.

How else is it possible for a casino to 'lose' money, where customers are literally walking through the door and handing you money.

[J_William_Ryan]

7. Walmart needs to tell Trump to go pound sand.

If Trump is worried about price increases, he needs to scrap his meritless, idiotic tariff scheme.

[Traildogbob]

26. Or what Trump

Needs to eat. A full bag of em. Big ole black ones.

[DENVERPOPS]

46. I would venture a guess

that Walmart would say nothing..........the reason being, that I can only imagine that their customers, especially in Rural America are a large percentage of their customer base......

Same with Home Depot, and many many other large Corporate businesses........

[Coolgoober]

8. He Truely is a Moron

I guess nobody is supposed to make money except Trump. Sounds like the companies shouldn't even make a profit. They should all operate at a loss, all to make dear Leader look like the greatest deal maker the world has ever seen. What a F*#king Clown.

[sheshe2]

9. Let me put that another way, asshole.

Walmart The wealthy made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"Between Walmart Millionaires and China Billionaires they should, as is said, 'EAT THE TARIFFS,' preposed TAX CUTS and not charge valued customers American People ANYTHING."

[MuseRider]

10. Ummm, grin, ummm

Bwahahahahaha. What a maroon.

Gimme a bucket.

[Norrrm]

11. That does not sound like 'free market'... More like a gov't-controlled business economy.

[erronis]

24. Hmmm. Wonder if anybody has come up with a term for that model....

I'm sure the US and Allied troops knew what it was when they were fighting the Nazis.

[taxi]

12. Here's an idea - double the price on maga merchandise

The maga crowd doesn't care where it's made or sold anymore than they care what the price is. Walmart can offset increased costs with maga merch alone.

[erronis]

28. You should be on Walmart's board of directors! Brilliant!

All the failed trmp merch can have special price hikes and a special warehouse for just the certified magadiots.

[taxi]

43. Thank you! Here's our newest promotion -

The text is:

So small

(insert graphic)

Not a king at all

Graphic options include depiction of his meme coin, his phony pope photo, on his knees before Saudis, black and white Halloween costume that he wore to visit the Queen,,,

[twodogsbarking]

13. Yeah, I'm sure they will listen.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. Hey Donny, tell THAT to the shareholders.

[Midnight Writer]

15. I've got an idea, Sir! Instead of having Walmart "eat the tariffs" why not just tax their net income?

We could drop the across-the-board tariff stuff that screws our economy and screws our alliances, why not just tax people and businesses on a portion of their income.? That we, we can easily adjust the tax rate to fit our needs and adjust the tax level to insure fairness.

This is such a keen idea, Sir, you may just win a Nobel Prize!

[republianmushroom]

16. Damn you Walmart for tell it like it is.

Don't listen to them base, listen to me your golden leader.

[riversedge]

17. Stop eating your Steak dinners Mr. Trump......

I am sure trumpy will listen to me.

[vapor2]

18. Well then, he can eat his $400 million jet

[pandr32]

35. He can also eat the cost of upgrading and using it.

Why should we?

[Brainfodder]

19. Gnus Biznezman!

Meanwhile on Earth actual, he thinks there is 30% to disappear so easily?

[Journeyman]

21. Hah, the "invisible hand of the free market" giving everyone the finger . . .

Trump, Walmart, the Chinese, and everyone who does (or must) shop for their necessities and superfluities.

Ah, how does it feel? Dylan wrote, to be invisible now, with no secrets to conceal, on your own, a complete unknown, just a rolling stone with a silly name, a synonym for flatulence.

Pretty soon, people gonna shit all over Tangerine Shitler.

[lark]

22. krasnov is pissed that Walmart is exposing his plot to harm American consumers.

He wants them to just shop and never notice the 30% hike - what an stupid elitist fool he is!! Let the poor eat dirt while the rich feast on the money they've stolen from the poor and working classes is his hidden agenda.

[Marthe48]

23. Local wm can't maintain their parking lot

I don't shop at wm, but I cut thru their lot to get to Aldi's. I noticed today that the parking lot lines and arrows are so faded they are almost invisible.
I think wm is too busy eating their profit to reinvest anything in the stores. I would probably go into shock if a single American business ate the traitor tariffs.

[DingleBerryNW]

25. Fuck Off, Fat Man

[IronLionZion]

27. Listen you MFer, eat it like it's cake!

because nobody told him how tariffs work? Tariffs are meant to increase prices on imports to encourage customers to buy domestic products instead. The problem is everything is imported or made of imported materials and parts.

He's telling an American corporation to voluntarily take less profit because he's a super genius like that.

MAGAts love Walmart.

[SpankMe]

29. I know EarlG urged us not to do this, but...

Can you imagine if Biden or Obama did something dictatorial in nature that raised prices, and then told businesses to "eat it" instead of raising prices? Can you imagine the lobbying onslaught that would follow and how Democratic officeholders would suffer?

Why is that not happening now?

[damifino10]

30. Call them for what they are

TAXES. Pure and simple attempt to put a national sales tax on the backs of the majority of the folks.
A work around, or a back door method to milk the American public.

[Biophilic]

31. Yes, Donny, you're right.

Walmart made huge profits last year under President Biden’s economy. Looks like your economy ain’t so great after all.

[kimbutgar]

32. What a friggin idiot !

I hope his comments catch up to him sooner rather than later. His comments are getting even more deranged, insane and evil. Like he could give a shit about the American people only himself!

[Klarkashton]

33. Trump claimed that the foreign countries would pay

The tariffs. He repeated this claim over and over for years.

[Gimpyknee]

34. But I thought China was already eating the tariffs.

[DENVERPOPS]

49. LOL, Like Hell They Are

Despite Trump's Bull Shit rhetoric .......they aren't gonna eat the tariffs, Anymore than as he claims the countries are all talking to him daily about making a deal.............I mean really, when would he even have the time to talk to ONE country with him sleeping til noon, playing golf all afternoon, hosting dinners at ludicrous prices, and then snorting crushed Adderall and texting most of the night....

It is not enough that Trump is a delusional psychotic, but he has brainwashed 74 Million Voters, mostly with FOX's help......
Now they are all as delusional as he is...........

[allegorical oracle]

36. Do djt's voters recall how for the past months, every economist in the nation (even Maria

Bartiromo) has pointed out how tariffs would be a TAX on consumers -- tariffs would be PASSED ON to customers?

And now can those voters hear their man-baby hero yelling at businesses for passing on those tax/tariffs to customers?

Are drumpsters even capable of recognizing how they're repeatedly being gas-lighted by the fetid fathead?

[Evolve Dammit]

37. The king has spoken. Eat it Walmart

[angrychair]

38. Hmmm...sounds fascist to me

Fascism is very much about controlling free enterprise.

Under fascism, private property, private enterprise, and private choice in the market, have no rights as ends in themselves. They have different measures of social usefulness subject to proper public control.

Telling companies to eat taxes is price controlling.
Telling companies they have to purge DEI principals from their company before a merger is allowed to proceed, is fascism (Verizon purchase of Frontier).

Government picking winners and losers depending on how favored you are with the government, is fascism (state Dept opening pushing countries to purchase services from eLoon's companies) is fascism.

No one can continue to deny that this is a fascist dictatorship. Congress is a spineless rubber stamp. Secret police barge into businesses and homes and drag people out of their cars, in broad daylight, in masks, no ID, no warrant and complete disregard for civil rights.
They are trying to either control or bankrupt universities that don't let them control their curriculum and hiring practices.
They are firing generals and other officers and banning books and resources to the military and demanding obedience to the Mango Mussolini, not to the Constitution.

The judicial branch will be the last to fall and when it does there will be nothing to slow their efforts or question their decisions.

The American empire is in full collapse.

Reference: https://www.econlib.org/similarity-between-socialism-and-fascism-an-illustration/

[DENVERPOPS]

54. Great reading AC

and well presented..........

I have always felt that the simplest definition of FASCISM is the merger of Corporations and Business....

I would have to read a lot more to change my mind, that most citizens in the U.S. haven't even begun to
realize how much of their lives are either directly or indirectly controlled by the U.S. Corporations.......
Examples would be the amount of money the Corporations flooded into the Republican Politicians in the election, or the entire Medical Industry and Pharmaceutical industry, etc etc etc.

The Republican Corporations LOATHE FDR and the large amount of regulatory agencies he formed.....The same regulatory agencies now being emasculated or destroyed by the Republican Politicians...

[live love laugh]

39. And they will ... if they want in on the grift.

[Grammy23]

40. Well after you, Alphonse!

He needs to lead by example if he expects others to follow his recommendations. So have it, Chubs!

[JoseBalow]

41. drumpf should, as is said, 'EAT ME'

[c-rational]

42. Let's tell donny 2 scoops to limit his gof to 2 rounds a year..we all need to sacrifce now thanks to 2 scoops.

[c-rational]

44. Let's tell donny 2 scoops to limit his golf to 2 rounds a year. Why doesn't he lead the way with sacrifiice.

[lastlib]

47. tRump to WalMart: "Eat the tariffs."

WalMart to tRump: "Eat Shit."
America: "And Die. Soon."

[Norrrm]

48. Are Trump family products subject to tariffs?

Have they brought their manufacturing back to America?

[KPN]

50. Oh boy. This will play out well for him ... attacking the billionaires.

Love it!

[LiberalArkie]

51. Why would the richest family in the world listen to what a poor man like Trump and musk have to say?

[gay texan]

52. I would be willing to bet wal mart has some politicians in their pocket

I wouldn't be surprised if they start calling in favors

[twodogsbarking]

53. He doesn't own any Walmart stock.

[marble falls]

55. Theyhelped elect him, let them eat those tariffs. We won't talk about how the tail wagging the dog Walmart ...

... is: they've forced customers to change and degrade product and to manufacture off shores.

Rubbermaid is a classic example. Destroyed the company and it's reputation.

[Hotler]

56. But, you send valued customers to El Salvador.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. I guess that China is NOT paying these tariffs

If China is really paying these tariffs, why should Walmart have to "eat" these tariffs. trump has lied about how tariffs work and that lie is being exposed

Link to tweet

[Karasu]

58. That's cute. He really thinks he's more powerful than a corporation...in the US, of all fucking places.

[Tarzanrock]

59. Didn't the Turd recently again threaten to raised tariffis to 150% on every nation?

This is about to get real ugly in Republican Nazi Party circles. I may be wrong but I'm pretty certaint that super-rich billionaires like the various members of old Sam Walton's family who each gave the Turd several hundred millions dollars to the Turd's PACs and the members of the Tyson chicken processing family who likewise donated to the Turd -- these people are not going like being told to "EAT THE TARIFFS!"

[Blue Owl]

60. Someone else always has to clean up Diarrhea Donny's mess

Fuck hum.

8647

[LudwigPastorius]

61. Better headline: Genius Business Mind Tells Corporation To Make Less Money

[love_katz]

62. I'm no fan of Walmart, but...

I hope they tell tRump what he can eat.

Hint: it starts with a d and rhymes with kicks.

[cstanleytech]

63. Walmart agreeing to anything that lessens their profits are as likely as me hitting the lottery.

[Martin68]

64. So the Dumpster admits calling tariffs a tax on the exporter was lie. Is he so stupid her doesn't realize he just gave

the whole game away? Maybe he depends on the stupidity of his supporters to miss the point. Or at this point he doesn't care. He's either going to end up a dictator for life or a failed politician with a hundred lawsuits against him.

[Marcuse]

65. He ordered Bezos to hide the tariff from display.

[Sneederbunk]

66. Walmart is telling TSF to eat something else.

[oasis]

67. "....btw, thanks for the campaign donations, suckers"