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Donald Trump’s own words are being thrown back in his face after his Saturday Wal-Mart threat.
The president over the weekend told Walmart’s executives that they should absorb any increased costs that he has created on imported goods through trade policies.
“I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!” Trump wrote as he demanded Wal-Mart and China simply “eat the tariffs.”
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But that didn’t sit well with many longtime Trump onlookers, who observed that the president previously said no one would need to eat the tariffs.
Author James Surowiecki said, “But Trump has said over and over again that foreign countries pay tariffs, not US businesses or consumers.”
“If that’s true, why would Walmart have to eat anything?” he then asked.