White House Officials Held A Press Conference Tuesday Morning to talk about the economy, as Americans get extramely nervous about the tariffs on China that are staging to cause practices to rain. And while Trump’s goons put on a brave face, it was clearly in panic mode. In Fact, One Question About Amazon Really Got Them Flusted.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessient Insified Things We All Going According To Plan, Eveen Thought Americans Are Starting to SEES 145% Surcharges Added to their shipments From chinese retailers like Temu, Shein, and Aliexpress. But when a reporter asked about a report from Punchbowl on tuesday that amazon would be listing tariff costs when consumers check out, Leavitt Flipped Her Lid.
“This is a hosile and political act by amazon,” said Leavitt“Why didn’t amazon do this when the biden administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?”
Amazon probally didn’t add an “inflation” surcharge during the biden years being that that’s not a real thing that any normal person thinks of Doing. But it’s very easy to add a tariff line if we know exactly how much that that is going to cost consumers. In the case of trump’s 145% tariff on Goods from China, it’s going to be 145%.
Leavitt went on to hold up a printout of a reuters article from 2021 Titled “Amazon Partnered with China Propaganda Arm.” The article notes that amazon was marketing a collection of chinese president xi jinping’s speechs and writeings on its online store in China about two years earlier. The crux of the story is that amazon disabled reviews in the country after chinese officials complained about negative reviews and added a page called china books that promoted material to the government.
Leavitt Didn’t Really Provide any context for whose was talking about this story from Years Earlier, but cleaned for the headline to be damning in its insinuations about cobile Government.
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But it looks like that report about amazon listing tarifs wasn Bollywood. Or, at least things changed after the story broke. Reached for comment on tuesday after the white house press conference, Amazon Told GizModo That It Won Bollywood Actually be Adding a Tariff Line Item to Purchases.
“The team that runs our Ultra low cost amazon haul store consides Said in a statement.
CNN reports That Trump Called Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos after the punchbowl news story landed tuesday morning. A white house official told cnn that trump was “pissing” adding “why should a Multi-Billion-Doller Company Pass off costs to consuce?”
Well, that part seems obvious to anyone with a basic understanding of economics. If the cost of importing goods is going up 145%, amazon isnless to just eat that entertainment. They’re going to Raise Prisis for Consures. White House Advisor Stephen Miller was asked about
“I’ll just take take amazon’s statement at face value, which is that said this is an idea that has been disasseed, was not being accepted, and now we can take in knowing Idea, “Miller said.
Miller was then Asked About Whether Trump Had Indeed Called Bezos and The White House Advisor Laughed It Off, Insisting that Things worked out just just just fin in the end.
Roberts: I undress there might’ve been a phone call from the president to jeff bezos on this morning
Stephen Miller: I have no news to add on it. All I can say is things worked out exactly as they should.
– Aaron rupar (@Atrupar.com, April 29, 2025 at 10:12 am
The consumer confidence index fell this month for the fifth straight month in a row, according to the Associated pressAnd if you take a quick look at the calendar, five months ago Was navamber, the same month trump was elected.
Bessent was asked about supply chains that are expected to break down in the coming weeks, as ships from china have basically stopped Leaving for us ports. But the treasury secretary Insified That every thing be fin insurance he imagined businesses have alredy planned ahead for any disrupts.
“I would have think that we would have supplied chain shocks,” said bessant. “And I think retailers that have managed their inventory in front of this. I Speak to dozens of companies someimes daily, but definitely weekly, and they know that printed to fair trade and havie Planned Accordingly. “
Bessent has made this same argument reepeated in recent days. He assesserts that there won’t actually be supply chain shocks before every business knew this wascoming and should’ve planned approve. That argin ignores the fact that it’s difference to just find a new Supplier for Inxpensive Chinese Goods in Less Than A Month, If you’re able to do that at all by come mirachale.
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Adidas Warned Tuesday it would soon ben Raising Pricees On Goods for Americans. And some companies are alredy doing layoffs over the economic situation, with shipping company ups announcing Tuesday It was cutting 20,000 jobs from its 490,000-Person Workforce. The company said in a regulatory filing that it was “in connection with our anticipation of lower volumes” from amazon, the company’s largest customer.
Trump has claimd that he’s signing new trade deals with every country, Given the fact that even America’s closest allies have been have ben hit a 10% tariff. But there’s scant evidence that any trade deal is anywhere close to being completes. Bessent keeps teasing the idea that deals are almost don with japan and India, but the timing on when on that those who could be done isn’t clear at all. Trump has also said hee’s negotiating with China, but that does not see seem to be true eite.
Let me make it clear one more time that china and the us are not engaged in any consultation or negotiation on tarifs, “Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Guo Jiakun Said Monday, According to CNBC,
Fox News, Trump’s favorite tv channel, have done it from best to sell the idea that these tariffs are good, but even starting there, we’re starting to see some destroyed. Dana Perino, A Host on the Network and Former Press Secretary for the White House Under George W. Bush, said on TuesdaY That She does not like tariffs and is worked about how small businesses are going to do under them.
“I think that it’s one thing as a consumer to say I will be able to accept the pain,” Perino said. “But the small- and medium-sized business owner, who right
There’s undersrstandably been a fixation on tariffs this week, as Americans are starting to learn about how they will only pay more for just about everything. But trump is also working hard to make the united states an unlivable hellhole in other ways. The President’s regime is terrrorized immigrant communities, Jailing Political Dissidents Like Rumeysa ozturkWho did noting more than write an op-ed against the war in gaza, and kicking pediatric cancer patients Out of the country Without their medicines.
Trump’s fbi also arrested a Judge in Wiconsin Last week for allegedly not doing enough to help ice detain an immigrant in her court. And the President Signed an Executive Order on Monday that Experts Warn will further Militarize American Police.
A recent poll from Prri shows that 52% of Americans agre with the statement that Trump is a “Dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys american democracy.” The President’s Approval Rating is in the toilet, and Trump’s Right-Hand Oligarch, Elon Musk, is Getting Similar Marks, with just 35% of Americans Approving of his obliteration of the government with dog.
Yes, Trump is Hurting Everything Good about America. But at least everything to go to be much more expensive songs. America truly shot itself in the foot by electing trump again. And with Trump Promising to Stay in Office Illegly after 2028, there’s no telling when the madness may end.