Trump’s everyday high prices “win” a spotlight
Chickens are roosting at the White House (Punchbowl News):
Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers
Amazon doesn’t want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
So the e-commerce giant will soon show how much Trump’s tariffs are adding to the price of each product, according to a person familiar with the plan.
The shopping site will display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs – right next to the product’s total listed price.
The king is not amused (CNBC elaborates):
The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
“This is hostile and political act by Amazon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?” Leavitt asked.
Biden did not hike inflation, Tokyo Rose. Inflation during his term was global. But you knew that.
Find more statistics at Statista
“Bringing down the terrible Biden inflation has been a priority for the first hundred days of the Trump administration,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters, not acknowledging that inflation had fallen dramatically (here and globally) before Trump even took office.
Then Trump announced global tariffs. Now inflation is back. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is letting his customers know why (if reports are true).
Guess he’ll go eat worms!
It’s all so unfair, of course. Everyone is mean to the Republican president whose team exiles American children, including a four-year-old girl with Stage 4 cancer sent to Honduras without her medication.
May voters, the economy, and history heap upon them all the opprobrium they are due.
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