Comment on Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Increase grocery supplier profits*
because so many people are buckling down and spending less at the grocery stores. Their support is more valuable than his tithe right now, as he’s polling historically low among almost every demographic on almost every issue. These “savings” (read: tax cuts, tariffs are taxes never forget it and the taxes were pushed exclusively by Trump and have never been popular even among the most hardcore MAGAs) will never be passed on to the consumer. Consumer prices aint going down, but Trump’s taking less of a cut of the profits for now to keep his crony friends from turning on him.