Panicked Trump Lashes Walmart for Telling Truth on Tariffs

[SunnyinBangrak]

35 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

 

Like I said, no clue about economics. Gross profits is before overheads, like there are operating costs, taxes......and tariffs

If you don't understand who pays tariffs, which clearly you don't, feel free to ask one of the economic literate posters on the forum. 

[MicroB]

Tariffs are paid by the importer, which might be a subsidiary of an exporting company, or, and more commonly, the appointed distributor. Tariffs are paid ad valorem; based on the value of the goods. Essentially, the tariffs is paid on the final selling price. When a distributor imports goods, typically they buy for a sell-in price and sell for a sell out price, with their margin based on a percentage of the difference.

 

Walmart owns no factories in China. Most of their Chinese goods are directly imported based on a Sale-In Price. Payable tariff is calculated based on Sell Out prices. Tariffs will not trigger force majeure. Walmart operates on quite small margins when you look at that recent 10-k.

 

I'm sure the kids will love the Corn Dollies and Sticks for Christmas.

[bendejo]

Waiting for his attempts to re-educate the world in math.  E.g. "5 is less than 2, 10 is less than 3..." and so on.  Possibly a new such lesson every day to steer whatever numbers he decides at that moment.  I have no doubts that he will try such things, the test will be if that 35% of the population that deifies his yammering.  "Prices are up but it is making America great again."  Oh, ok.

 

[NoDisplayName]

5 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart over its price hikes, telling the retail giant to “eat the tariffs.

 

Trump just told the fourth-largest employer in the world  (China's PLA is #3), and the largest private employer in the US, second only to the US government to suck it.

 

Will he sign an executive order to require retailers price their goods using Trump math? 

 

3% profit margin - 30% tariff = Winning!

 

Or will Walmarts across the land start putting up truth in tariffing labels on their products?

 

Everyday Low Price:   $13

Trump Tariff Price:     $20

 

 

 

[CallumWK]

1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

2 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

 

Like I said, no clue about economics. Gross profits is before overheads, like there are operating costs, taxes......and tariffs

If you don't understand who pays tariffs, which clearly you don't, feel free to ask one of the economic literate posters on the forum. 

Obviously not you then, because tariffs are paid by the end user, also called the customer.
 

[it is what it is]

 

but, but, but... i thought the exporter paid the tariff? so what's it got to do with walmart? if tariffs paid by exporter no increase in walmart's prices, right?! or maybe trump, and his (dumb) supporters don;t understand how tariffs work.

[Hamus Yaigh]

11 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Almost $160 billion profit last year.

Someone who doesn't know the difference between revenue and profit and voted for tariffs. Sad and funny at the same time.

[WorriedNoodle]

13 hours ago, BLMFem said:

"Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart over its price hikes, telling the retail giant to “eat the tariffs.”

I thought the narrative was the foreigners eat the tariffs:-)

[metisdead]

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[sandyf]

13 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Expect the usual inane but but Biden and but but Biden's laptop posts. They're nothing if not predictable, the poor luvs.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-president-joe-bidens-cancer-diagnosis-gleason-score/story?id=121932715

[fredwiggy]

12 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Americans buy way too much garbage from Walmart.

This is why Americans require McMansions.

 

Nobody needs to buy this much garbage, just to fill up landfills.

What is the point?

 

Better to just DIY whatever you need.

 

Old jelly jars can become drinking glasses, etc.

 

Without Walmart many Americans wouldn't be able to get by. They've always had the best prices and what they sell is much the same things as other retail outlets besides the top end very expensive not worth wasting the money on ones. Being frugal is  necessary, especially in this day and age.

[thesetat]

14 hours ago, BLMFem said:

Trump's inane blanket tariff plan gets a reality check and he's crying like a little girl. It's beautiful to behold.😄

 

Panicked Trump Lashes Walmart for Telling Truth on Tariffs

 

"Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart over its price hikes, telling the retail giant to “eat the tariffs.”  Walmart’s CEO, Doug McMillon, had said during a Thursday earnings call that his company had begun to feel the pain of Trump’s tariffs. Much of Walmart’s stock comes from foreign countries—including China, Mexico, and Vietnam, another executive said. “We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible,” McMillon said on the call, per CNN. “But given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren’t able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins.”"

Wow! I love how you twist the truth on this one....Those Trump haters have been keeping you busy. Because the story I read was about how Trump attacked Walmart for trying to make the consumers pay the tariff by increasing their prices dramatically. 

Nice twist on your story though, it pulls no weight in reality. 

[thesetat]

8 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

but, but, but... i thought the exporter paid the tariff? so what's it got to do with walmart? if tariffs paid by exporter no increase in walmart's prices, right?! or maybe trump, and his (dumb) supporters don;t understand how tariffs work.

Or maybe Walmart does not want to cut their billions of profit and instead use the Tariffs to increase that even more. 

Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"

 

[sandyf]

7 hours ago, it is what it is said:

 

but, but, but... i thought the exporter paid the tariff? so what's it got to do with walmart? if tariffs paid by exporter no increase in walmart's prices, right?! or maybe trump, and his (dumb) supporters don;t understand how tariffs work.

The European planemaker is responsible for any added duties on supplies it imports to its own aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama, and then sells on to customers, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury said on a conference call after reporting first-quarter results.

“However, when we are exporting from Europe to United States, that’s an import for the customers,” Faury said. “They’re also not very much willing to pay tariffs, but it’s on them.”

https://financialpost.com/transportation/airlines/airbus-tells-u-s-airlines-pay-tariffs

[LosLobo]

32 minutes ago, sandyf said:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-president-joe-bidens-cancer-diagnosis-gleason-score/story?id=121932715

Poor guy with stage 4 cancer if he had won in 2024, he likely would not have completed his term anyway.

[BLMFem]

Rural voters are key to Trump's base. They're about to pay the price for his trade war.

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/walmart-raise-prices-trump-tariffs-rcna207351

 

That’s why my Republican friends on Capitol Hill are so nervous. They know when these prices start going up and when it’s felt in the Trump base, they’re not going to be able to blame Democrats or Joe Biden. They’re not going to be able to blame the financial sector. They’re not going to be able to blame a pandemic. The only people to blame are Trump and the Republicans who enabled him.

[BLMFem]

Finally they are having to admit the bleedin' obvious.

 

 

Bessent Cornered Into Admitting Impact of Trump Tariff War

https://www.thedailybeast.com/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-cornered-into-admitting-impact-of-trump-tariff-war-on-walmart/

 

 

"“Walmart will be absorbing some of the tariffs, some may get passed on to consumers,” he said on State of the Union Sunday."

[candide]

3 hours ago, thesetat said:

Or maybe Walmart does not want to cut their billions of profit and instead use the Tariffs to increase that even more. 

Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"

 

How deep is that hole you're digging? 😆

[LosLobo]

34 minutes ago, BLMFem said:

Finally they are having to admit the bleedin' obvious.

 

 

Bessent Cornered Into Admitting Impact of Trump Tariff War

https://www.thedailybeast.com/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-cornered-into-admitting-impact-of-trump-tariff-war-on-walmart/

 

 

"“Walmart will be absorbing some of the tariffs, some may get passed on to consumers,” he said on State of the Union Sunday."

I watched State of the Union last night, and Jake Tapper didn’t push back on a single thing Bessent said.
 

He used to be a no-nonsense journalist. Now it feels like the threat of Trump’s frivolous lawsuits has neutered the network’s ability to be candid, critical, or even journalistically bold.
 

Legal intimidation shouldn’t be shaping the national conversation—but it clearly is.

[thesetat]

4 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

He used to be a no-nonsense journalist. Now it feels like the threat of Trump’s frivolous lawsuits has neutered the network’s ability to be candid, critical, or even journalistically bold.

Or perhaps you were wrong about what you think he used to be and instead he was being bought off by Bidens team and now, he worries to lose a place being able to report in the WH on political matters because he makes biased stories based on half truths and half lies.. and was devoted to pushing the anti-trump agenda.. I can see why you liked him being the same in this respect. 

[BLMFem]

Ex-GOP Rep Rips ‘Weak Loser’ Trump Over Walmart Tantrum

https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-republican-congressman-joe-walsh-rips-weak-loser-trump-over-walmart-tantrum/

 

 

“What a weak loser thing to do!” former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois told MSNBC, describing the president as “that crybaby in the White House."

Fellow former Rep. Charlie Dent, a Republican from Pennsylvania, appeared on the same broadcast, further tearing into Trump for leading his supporters to believe the effects of tariffs would not hit consumers.

 

[LosLobo]

17 minutes ago, thesetat said:

Or perhaps you were wrong about what you think he used to be and instead he was being bought off by Bidens team and now, he worries to lose a place being able to report in the WH on political matters because he makes biased stories based on half truths and half lies.. and was devoted to pushing the anti-trump agenda.. I can see why you liked him being the same in this respect. 

You call Tapper a Biden stooge, but he just co-wrote a book blasting Biden’s health cover-ups and decision to run again.
 

That’s not bias—that’s accountability.
 

He’s criticized Trump and Biden. That’s what real journalism looks like.
 

But let’s not pretend Trump’s nonstop lawsuits and threats haven’t chilled the media.
 

The only people calling that “bias” are the ones who think any truth about their side is betrayal.

[Mattd]

4 hours ago, thesetat said:

Or maybe Walmart does not want to cut their billions of profit and instead use the Tariffs to increase that even more. 

Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"

 

Your post makes no sense.

It would be impossible for Walmart (or any other company in retailing) to 'eat the tariffs' they work on such low Net Profit margins (some people seem confused by the difference between Gross Profit and Net Profit!!) that if they were to try that even on a 10% tariff, the end result would be a loss as opposed to a profit, that is economical fact.

They would not increase their profit by passing the tariff on to the consumer, unless they increased the price by more than a reasonable percent of the tariff, inevitably there will be a cost plus on the tariff rate passed on to the consumer, this is unavoidable, as there are going to incur additional costs for administration and initially paying the tariff to the Government.

This is the reality of tariffs, the end consumer always pays.

 

 

[sandyf]

6 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Poor guy with stage 4 cancer if he had won in 2024, he likely would not have completed his term anyway.

Every chance he had already suspected something was  up.

[LosLobo]

14 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Every chance he had already suspected something was  up.

There's every chance that he didn't either.

[Hamus Yaigh]

21 hours ago, BLMFem said:

"Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart over its price hikes, telling the retail giant to “eat the tariffs.” 

He's gone full Kamala with price controls 🙂 The electorate must be so proud.

[sandyf]

19 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

There's every chance that he didn't either.

I have known quite a few go from that and they all have said the same thing, thought something was up but left it too late.

[LosLobo]

42 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I have known quite a few go from that and they all have said the same thing, thought something was up but left it too late.

Funny about that I have it too I thought I had BPH and I never suspected the cancer until the MRI and the biopsy results.

[jas007]

7 hours ago, thesetat said:

Or maybe Walmart does not want to cut their billions of profit and instead use the Tariffs to increase that even more. 

Trump warns Walmart against raising prices, tells company to "eat the tariffs"

 

You can bet WalMart isn't going to sell items at a loss. Trump should know that.  I'm not sure what the margin is on some of the things they sell, but it may but be all that much.

 

 

 

 

[LosLobo]

23 minutes ago, jas007 said:

You can bet WalMart isn't going to sell items at a loss. Trump should know that.  I'm not sure what the margin is on some of the things they sell, but it may but be all that much.

Your correct very low margin 2.75%.
 

Walmart operates on relatively low profit margins, typical for large-scale retailers that rely on high sales volumes to drive profitability.
 

As of May 19, 2025, Walmart's gross profit margin was 24.88%, meaning about a quarter of its revenue remains after covering the cost of goods sold. Its net profit margin stood at 2.75%, showing that less than 3% of revenue converts into net income after all expenses.
 

These figures underscore Walmart’s business model: keeping prices low while maximizing operational efficiency to remain profitable in a high-volume, low-margin environment.
 

However, recent developments under President Donald Trump’s administration are creating new operational pressures. Tighter immigration policies—marked by increased deportations and visa restrictions—have contributed to nationwide labor shortages. For Walmart, this means greater difficulty staffing roles and higher wage costs to attract domestic workers.