" Attention Walmart shoppers : despite what you ’ve been told , you ’re paying the tariffs . "
If you shop at Walmart…well, expect to pay higher prices. Earlier today, Walmart’s CFO, John David Rainey,announcedprice increases on a range of products, citing the impact of Trump’s tariffs as the primary driver. Shoppers may actually feel the pinch real soon, as Rainey toldCNBC, “This is a little bit unprecedented in terms of the speed and magnitude in which the price increases are coming.”
This is pretty significant, as Walmart is the largest retailer and grocer in the US, which means that even with its buying power, it must still pass on price increases to shoppers.
For many people, this feels like yet another “play stupid games, win stupid prizes” moment — especially since critics have long warned that Trump’s tariffs wouldn’t hurt foreign countries, but that they would ultimately be paid by American consumers.
With Trump’s tariffs now driving up costs on everyday things, despite his promises to lower them, I rounded up some of the sharpest, funniest, and most on-point reactions from Twitter (X) and Reddit to the news of Walmart’s price hikes:
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1 . The condition " groceries " is NOT old - fashioned , you dimwit.2 . Groceries are NOT down either . They ’re up . And Walmart * just * announced that they ’re going to have to enkindle prices . The folly is astounding.pic.twitter.com/EafuSylQhp
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