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Walmart Got an Angry Message From Trump on Tariffs. Then Home Depot and Target Downplayed Them
- President Donald Trump publicly demanded on May 17, 2025, that Walmart absorb the cost of tariffs instead of raising prices for consumers.
- This demand followed Walmart’s warning to investors that persistent tariffs on Chinese and other imports are likely to cause price increases.
- Several retailers, including Walmart, have communicated concerns about thin margins, rising costs, and the challenge of fully absorbing these tariffs without shifting prices.
- Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon acknowledged during the recent earnings call that while the company aims to maintain low prices, there is a limit to how much financial strain from tariffs they can absorb.
- The ongoing tariff dispute suggests continued economic strain for U.S. Retailers and consumers, with experts expecting inflationary pressure and possible wider price hikes.
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Retailers issue 'warning' to Trump that higher prices are coming soon: report
Retailers are likely to raise prices "in the coming weeks" due to President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to a report in The New York Post.Business editor and Fox correspondent Charles Gasparino wrote Friday, "The retail industry is alerting President Trump that they can’t 'eat' his tariffs forever – and price increases are likely to hit in the coming weeks.""Whether this gets translated into higher official inflation numbers is anyone’s gue…
Walmart got an angry message from Trump on tariffs. Then Home Depot and Target downplayed them
America’s highest-profile retail chains are walking a difficult tightrope — trying to blunt the financial hit from tariffs by raising prices for consumers without angering them or President Donald Trump.
Retailers won’t swallow Trump’s ‘eat the tariffs’ demand for much longer before hiking prices
The retail industry is alerting president Trump that they can't "eat" his tariffs forever – and price increases are likely to hit in the coming weeks, On The Money has learned.
Readers respond: Trump’s anti-capitalist stand
President Donald Trump’s demand for Walmart not to raise prices on customers and eat the cost is outrageous. It’s bad enough he is harming consumers with his policies but even worse he’s acting like a communist president.
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