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Rhiannon12866

(258,910 posts)
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 06:10 AM Aug 2025

Ready for higher prices? American companies now paying for Trump tariffs - The 11th Hour - MSNBC



With Trump's tariff regime officially in place, American businesses and consumers are paying higher rates for foreign imports than they have in almost a century. Plus - is the Trump team on the same page about the Epstein story after a strategy session at the White House? Peter Baker, Dave Weigel, and Mark Leibovich join Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour. - 08/08/2025.
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Ready for higher prices? American companies now paying for Trump tariffs - The 11th Hour - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 OP
Americans will be paying more for coffee than for the price of eggs no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #1
Prices were already going higher, every time isgit mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #2
When all this is over and the tariffs have been removed... the prices will remain high * Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #3
Instant coffee was up $4 a jar from last week Ritabert Aug 2025 #4

mwmisses4289

(4,741 posts)
2. Prices were already going higher, every time isgit
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 08:28 AM
Aug 2025

opened his mouth about tariffs, companies raised their prices.

Oopsie Daisy

(6,670 posts)
3. When all this is over and the tariffs have been removed... the prices will remain high *
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 08:34 AM
Aug 2025

* now that it's been determined what we are "willing" to pay, the high prices will remain the new normal.

Ritabert

(2,615 posts)
4. Instant coffee was up $4 a jar from last week
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 09:19 AM
Aug 2025

And that's not even ground coffee which I haven't priced yet.

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