Trump tells Walmart to 'eat tariffs,' not raise prices
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Walmart has indicated that consumers will soon start seeing higher costs as Trump's tariffs have begun to take effect. And retailers broadly have tried to warn consumers about imp
‘Can’t bully the market’: Trump throws temper tantrum at Walmart after his tariffs cause price hikes
Claire McCaskill, former Democratic Senator from Missouri, Charlotte Howard, Executive Editor for The Economist and David Gura, Anchor and Correspondent for Bloomberg News join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the continued fallout from Donald Trump’s tariff policy which has turned the American upside down,
The veteran CFO also gave a brief lesson on Walmart’s method of accounting for the cost of inventory for the majority of its U.S. business. Known as the retail inventory method, or RIM, this practice makes these swings more difficult to forecast.
President Donald Trump, fresh off a trip to the Middle East, renewed his criticism of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Saturday and called on Walmart to "eat the tariffs" rather than raise prices.
While Walmart CFO John David Rainey lauded Trump's recent tariff cuts, he said rates remain too high, which could cause uncertain shopper behavior.
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