"Let them eat Tariffs," Trump says
"...and if you don't like it, maybe we'll send you to Sudan, or Libya, or El Salvador"
Last week tRUMP tacitly admitted what any economist, businessman, or grocery shopper knew: the cost of tariffs will fall on consumers, because retailers aren’t about to “eat the tariffs.” This after insisting on the campaign trail, and during the shambolic roll-out of his on-again/off-again tariff war that other countries would be paying them.
tRUMP erupted at Wal-Mart after their CEO stated the obvious:
"We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible 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," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in a statement on Thursday.
.On his TRUTH Social platform, tRUMP fumed:
Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!! https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114523638623110397
Read more here, Trump Berates Companies for Warning About Tariff Price Increases
You knew it all along, but why didn’t your red state neighbors?
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Our Homeland Security Commissar can’t define “Habeous Corpus”
"Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their right to..." Noem began, before being cut off by senators.…In fact, habeus corpus is the EXACT OPPOSITE, as NH senator Maggie Hassan corrected her:
"Excuse me, that's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Hassan said. "If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason." Salon, May 20
Paste this link into your browser to watch the exchange.
You’ll ask yourself, “Is Noem that dumb, or is she lying?” My inkling? YES, SHE’S THAT DUMB.
Meanwhile the administration is ignoring judges and deporting people (without due process, of course) to countries they didn’t even come from…
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-blocks-administration-deporting-noncitizens-3rd-countries-due/story?id=120951918
…and tRUMP turns the Oval Office into a stage where he bullies the underdogs and bows to Putin
Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-visit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE8.ZUzd.kEcG0X0kjxT3&smid=url-share
He embarrasses the US every day.
Me too...and I am thinking about standing in front of Wal-Mart with it, until they evict me.
A Call from One American Grandma to Another: Stand Up for Our Families
My fellow Americans,
Especially my beloved grandmothers—
We’ve seen hard times before, and we’ve held our families together through them. We’ve rolled up our sleeves, dried tears, baked bread from scratch, and made every dollar stretch. But now, we’re facing a new kind of hardship—one quietly disguised as policy: devastating tariffs that will cause prices to skyrocket and shelves to empty. And who will feel it most? Our children and their children.
These new tariffs aren’t just numbers on a trade spreadsheet. They are a direct hit to the kitchen tables of young families already struggling to make ends meet.
A bag of diapers could cost more—while wages stay the same.
A can of baby formula or a pack of wipes might become harder to find—because components are stuck in a tariff trap.
Everyday basics like pasta, beans, or a box of cereal will creep up in cost—while young parents are told to “tighten their belts.”
This is not just policy. This is pain at the register.
And while millionaires and billionaires won’t flinch, the single mom pushing a cart with a toddler and a newborn will.
I’m asking us—the grandmothers, the wise ones, the anchors of our families—to raise our voices peacefully but powerfully. We know what sacrifice looks like. We know how to stand up when something isn’t right.
Let’s write.
Let’s call.
Let’s march.
Let’s post.
Let’s share the truth that’s being swept under the rug.
Because these tariffs aren’t about strength—they’re about control.
They’re not making us safer—they’re making our groceries more expensive and our future more uncertain.
We must remind this country what democracy really looks like.
It looks like grandmothers speaking up.
It looks like families standing together.
It looks like peaceful resistance for the sake of those yet to grow strong enough to fight for themselves.
We are the memory keepers and the truth tellers. Let’s be the protectors now.
With fierce love and unwavering hope,
Clarissa Sr.—an American Grandma
United by faith, family, and freedom.