Business Chaos Resulting From Trump Tariffs

 

The tariff wars launched by the vacillating, usually vindictive whims of the Malignant Fascist are having a real effect on businesses ability to stock items for the upcoming months.  From Associated Press:

"With summer in full swing in the United States, retail executives are sweating a different season. It’s less than 22 weeks before Christmas, a time when businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and prices.

But President Donald Trump’s vacillating trade policies have complicated those end-of-year plans. Balsam Hill, which sells artificial trees and other decorations online, expects to publish fewer and thinner holiday catalogs because the featured products keep changing with the tariff rates the president sets, postpones and revises. [snip]

Months of confusion over which foreign countries’ goods may become more expensive to import has left a question mark over the holiday shopping season. U.S. retailers often begin planning for the winter holidays in January and typically finalize the bulk of their orders by the end of June. The seesawing tariffs already have factored into their calculations.

The consequences for consumers? Stores may not have the specific gift items customers want come November and December. Some retail suppliers and buyers scaled back their holiday lines rather than risking a hefty tax bill or expensive imports going unsold. Businesses still are setting prices but say shoppers can expect many things to cost more, though by how much depends partly on whether Trump’s latest round of 'reciprocal' tariffs kicks in next month." (our emphasis)

Not only are businesses feeling the chaos sown by the MF, wait until higher prices for everything from coffee to furniture hits the consumer in the pocketbook.  While the MF will predictably be blaming Dems / Biden / Jerome Powell / the "deep state" for the higher prices and scarcity, it's on his orange ass and everyone needs to know it.  Sadly, for the business owners and consumers who voted for the MF, it's FAFO.

(photo illustration: Wired staff / Getty Images)