Big-box CEOs spook Trump with warning that bare shelves are coming
The heads of three major big-box stores met with President Donald Trump on Monday, to warn him that in two weeks, store shelves will be bare and prices will skyrocket thanks to his nonsensical trade policy, Axios reported.
According to Axios, the CEOs of Home Depot, Target, and Walmart were blunt about the impacts the massive “Liberation Day” tariffs he's placed on China and other major U.S. trade partners will have on consumers and the economy.
"The big box CEOs flat out told him [Trump] the prices aren't going up, they're steady right now, but they will go up. And this wasn't about food. But he was told that shelves will be empty," an unnamed Trump administration official told Axios.
The warning must have really spooked Trump, as Tuesday night he said that he is likely to lower the punishing 145% tariffs he's levied on Chinese imports—though he said the tariffs "won't be zero."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/23/2318243/-Big-box-CEOs-warn-Trump-tariffs-will-lead-to-bare-shelves-in-two-weeks
Might be why he lightened up a little.
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a walking disaster, who is as dumb as a rock. 
He decided it would be a good idea to force a tarriff war on the world all at one time. Leaving everyone else to trade with each other while leaving himself no trading partners. Brilliant. 
He is stupid to the core.
