If tariffs are so great, why are so many companies begging for exemptions from them? If tariffs are so great, why did Trump beg Amazon not to show the impact of the tariffs to consumers? I don’t understand. - ThreadSky

walshfreedom.bsky.social • 2 days ago

If tariffs are so great, why are so many companies begging for exemptions from them?

If tariffs are so great, why did Trump beg Amazon not to show the impact of the tariffs to consumers?

I don’t understand.

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markgreen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Joe, tariffs are awesome. The SUPREME LEADER has declared it so. With increased tariffs anyone who makes more than $1,000,000 per year will not have to pay taxes! The only people who will pay taxes are us, the consumers. This is the perfect capitalistic economy! GOD BLESS TRUMP!

choppy1789.bsky.social•2 days ago

sgccgs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Funny how the country the tariffs are applied to aren’t the ones paying the tariff. That is after all how the giant orange turd explained them.

philthemtltrader.bsky.social•2 days ago

Actually you do understand

professortophat.bsky.social•2 days ago

You were once a politician. You know that one would never admit a mistake. It only hurts the image.

normalleigh53.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump called Bezos to ask him not say how Amazon is being effected by his tariffs because Trump's a dishonest slippery worm who doesn't want to be held accountable for anything. Even when MAGA begins to feel the impact of Trump's tariffs he'll do his best to squirm his way out of responsibility.

mtcrace.bsky.social•2 days ago

Publicly traded company should be able to tell their customers anything they feel they should know. What kind of crazy political system prevents that? Sounds kind of authoritarian, but there is probably an even better answer that I am not recalling....

goodegghalfcracked.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need to have a movement to boycott Amazon. It will be hard but it would have many benefits for consumers.

msmegil.bsky.social•2 days ago

I dumped my Prime last Christmas. I have had no problem finding what I want or need elsewhere, most of the time in my own town.

mjs2757.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump didn't beg Amazon, he threatened them.

tdukes.bsky.social•2 days ago

So back in the late 80s and early 90s, corporate America sent our jobs to China and other 3rd world countries. Trump wants to give those corporations massive tax breaks while charging them tariffs on their goods being produced over there because they stole those companies intellectual property.

ifyoucankeepitnot.bsky.social•2 days ago

They should be on the screen in BOLD to smack 🍊 moron cult voters in the face.🤬

brettrocks.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am having real trouble understanding anyone who supports these tariffs. I have tried to reconcile with the rationale of their thinking. After exhausting all possible reasons, I am only left with one. They are F'ing morons.

milkybarkid.bsky.social•2 days ago

i didn’t do any of that and came to the same conclusion.

laaron.bsky.social•2 days ago

I clearly understand…they are not so great and obfuscate is the order of the day…

craigm2062.bsky.social•2 days ago

He didn’t beg amazon to change the policy. He threatened the company or bozos.

jake-66.bsky.social•2 days ago

“If tariffs are so great, why are so many companies begging for exemptions from them?” That’s precisely WHY they are great…for Trump. The entire purpose is to obtain shakedown payments from major corporations to make the pain go away. Do average Americans suffer? Who cares.

jcmcbuff.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep they told us we were all going to love the big beautiful tariffs.

nuttyhutter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, I think you understand them 💯. It’s the MAGA people who don’t or WON’T because they must not question their orange lord

saxaddict.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reagan on tariffs
https://youtube.com/shorts/9JlHR1VZ-1Q?si=Bu3RIxBW_1pQQzk_

egads901.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bezos made a choice. He chose a two-bit Dictator over giving the simple truth to his loyal, customer base. This is so damn unacceptable, there just aren't words. Well, maybe two:

Boycott Amazon.

briantarbell.bsky.social•2 days ago

Look just give them a chance alright

vaanhold.bsky.social•2 days ago

The funny thing is that Trump claims that tariffs will make income tax go away. But tariffs are meant to make sure less products are coming into the country (and more is US made). But if less products are coming in, there will be less tariff income. So what's next to fix that gap?

greyghost11.bsky.social•2 days ago

He doesn’t want anyone to find out how rich they will be

carol2144.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because he lies and he is misleading the world on everything!

acampors.bsky.social•2 days ago

If tariffs are meant to save the car industry, why did he use them as a threat to destroy the car industry today

realdonaldhumor.bsky.social•2 days ago

Simple math to determine impact of tariff to cost:

Look at past orders for any product..

Price of product ordered before tariff = X
Price of product after tariff = Y

Tariff impact = Y - X

Does it mean online shopping would start removing history of past orders?

prayforpeace.bsky.social•2 days ago

shhh we cant tell the truth to his base. if he losews his base hes done. he must be allowed to lie

br59.bsky.social•2 days ago

I work in print/packaging. We supply raw materials used to print every consumer package on the shelf. Specific raw materials must come from China bc of osha/fda regulations. That cost is going up due to tariffs. We pass that to pkg companies who then will pass to consumer. $$$⬆️⬆️🆙

tina48.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup .. explain it to me like I'm a 5 year old......😵‍💫

wisaac.bsky.social•2 days ago

Perhaps the media will start asking these questions.

dustythecritic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is a carnival barker charging guests to see him describe a magic show happening behind a big curtain.

But don’t you dare look behind the curtain. That’s not fair.

4eyed.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because Felon47 was tired of winning!!

kauaihorses.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/wyden.senate.gov/post/3lo25gkion22k

kauaihorses.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/22/oregon-business-tariffs-trade-exports-imports-antiques-electrical-manufacturing/

vfrosty1.bsky.social•1 day ago

States should pass laws excluding the tariffs from the sales tax base. That would force sellers to show the tariffs so that the exclusion could be calculated.

chasmaine.bsky.social•1 day ago

If, as President Trump insists, nations actually pay tariffs, perhaps an enterprising reporter will ask him how much the U.S. Federal Government paid in tariffs to other countries over the last decade?

The answer is ZERO.

Nations DO NOT pay tariffs.

https://fortune.com/2025/04/16/how-to-pay-tariffs/

chasmaine.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is no better indication as to the impact the Trump Tariffs are going to have on consumers then his call to Amazon’s Bezos yesterday. If he truly believed they were going to lead to a new “golden age,” he would DEMAND credit on every sales receipt everywhere.

https://time.com/7281274/amazon-tariff-haul-trump/

tollerlover05.bsky.social•2 days ago

Didn't you read the billboards we put up in your country?
You pay for those tariffs.
🇨🇦

nhargre1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also, Leavitt was again saying that tarrifs will eliminate the need for the IRS as we will have the External Revenue Service, but Lutnick is saying we will have all these new factory jobs (as we won't be importing anything). I'm so confused.

goatythistle.bsky.social•1 day ago

They aren't capable of connecting all the dots in the big picture.

bgodin18.bsky.social•2 days ago

If tariffs are so great, why did the cost of a small piece of a project I quoted for a city in TX go from $15k to $32k? Same product just more expensive. Oh, and the US-made equivalent costs $56k, so there’s still no chance they go that route.

eddie40.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mike Johnson, the House Speaker, is really the little Rat in the GOP house.
The orange headed megalomaniac is demented.
The Joseph Goebbels wanna be Steve Miller is evil.
But the power is in Johnson's hands, and that is dangerous for the Country.
RESIST RESIST RESIST.

eddie40.bsky.social•2 days ago

ancientanubus.bsky.social•2 days ago

You do understand. Tariffs are NOT great.

kayserm.bsky.social•2 days ago

And if tariffs are so great why do we now have to bail out our farmers with taxpayer dollars?

2learnmore.bsky.social•2 days ago

PTT = Post Tarriff Tax

milkybarkid.bsky.social•2 days ago

breadandberries.medsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe Trump doesn’t actually know the definition of the word “great.” He seems to use it to describe things that are not—and I cannot emphasize this enough—remotely great.

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