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Trump on Walmart sounding like Bernie Sanders

Posted on: May 19, 2025 at 10:11:43 CT

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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/17/trump-tells-walmart-to-eat-the-tariffs.html

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114523638623110397

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/WMT/financials/

Well last year, Walmart had revenue of 680 billion dollars. Their net income was 19.4 billion. That is 2.7%. Please tell me Trump, how can Walmart absorb a new double digit tax increase and NOT pass that on to their customers.

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Trump on Walmart sounding like Bernie Sanders - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:11:43

It’s funny, the lefties were all over attacking big - Outsider MU - 5/19 10:34:52

nixon was the first to use price controls(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:36:59

RE: It’s funny, the lefties were all over attacking big - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:36:04

the trump sheep don't care if they parrot - Ferg MU - 5/19 10:42:45

some of that is true for example the gifted airplane debate(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:43:31

I think the key here is not being beholden to a foreign - hefeweizen MU

- 5/19 10:30:53

yep, the old "free trade" b.s. is coming home to roost(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:31:59

the other option is for walmart's suppliers to absorb ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:16:14

Walmart has been pushing them down on prices for years - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:18:20

i have no idea about foreign margins ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:28:51

the average factory work in the US makes more - tman MU - 5/19 10:31:43

you do the math ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:33:41

OK. Your average includes more than factory workers but - tman MU - 5/19 10:37:16

yes(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:40:46

so a US worker makes more than $1600 a month(nm) - tman MU - 5/19 10:44:22

yes, a week is not a month, my bad for sure(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:48:30

RE: i have no idea about foreign margins ... - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:31:30

your grammar makes it difficult to comment ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:35:48

RE: your grammar makes it difficult to comment ... - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:37:17

i blamed no one ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:39:21

RE: i blamed no one ... - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:47:28

that's not a blame, that's a fact(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:49:20

you have no idea - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:51:59

you seem incapable of making a cogent point(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:53:39

RE: you seem incapable of making a cogent point(nm) - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:55:37

i never went on a rant in this tread ... - tmcats KSU - 5/19 10:56:43

RE: i never went on a rant in this tread ... - meatiger MU - 5/19 11:00:36

yep(nm) - tmcats KSU - 5/19 11:03:13

The horeshoe theory of politics is playing out in real time - Bosalphus KC - 5/19 10:14:22

No conservative supports Trump and his lib MAGA party.(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 5/19 10:34:24

Bernie Bros are the ones who went to college and don’t - FIJItiger MU

- 5/19 10:29:42

Everyone you seem to think you are insulting here are - hefeweizen MU

- 5/19 10:32:22

They may have attended college - FIJItiger MU

- 5/19 10:34:52

Your condescension is why you aren't liked. (nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 5/19 10:37:51

I’m only disliked by irrelevant people. That doesn’t matter(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 5/19 10:45:02

I'm confident there are people close to you that consider - hefeweizen MU

- 5/19 11:01:50

No. I only act that way to people who don’t matter(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 5/19 11:07:18

Nobody believes you. (nm) - hefeweizen MU

- 5/19 11:58:50

Educated - Wildcat KSU - 5/19 10:35:31

spot on(nm) - meatiger MU - 5/19 10:16:15