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President Donald Trump on Wednesday admitted that his idiotic tariffs will lead to empty shelves at stores across the country, but said that it's fine because we don't need material items anyway.
"They made a trillion dollars with Biden ... selling us stuff. Much of it we don't need," Trump said of China during an insane Cabinet meeting in which his administration officials rained North Korea levels of praise on their Dear Leader. "Somebody said, 'Oh, the shelves are gonna be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally."
Of course, China sells much more than just toys to the United States.
In 2022, China was the top supplier of goods to the United States, accounting for 16.5 percent of total goods imports, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which said that China supplied $536.3 billion worth of goods to the United States.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/30/2319754/-Kids-will-get-fewer-toys-thanks-to-tariffs-and-Trump-says-deal-with-it

Henry203
(531 posts)that is the one thing people will not forgive.
Initech
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Ping Tung
(2,263 posts)if the kids were not born here to certified American parents.
Wonder Why
(5,590 posts)expensive Chinese toy you can find to prove to your neighbors that you love your kids more than they love theirs.
However, Krasnov is negotiating to give away Taiwan to China to have Xi reverse all tariffs between the two countries.
IcyPeas
(23,506 posts)Seriously.... it exists.... just Google it. Many different patterns too.
Guess we won't need it since there's no presents to wrap. Sad.