Trump, Barbie and China tariffs
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The president warned of a 100-percent tariff on Mattel and said that the company "won't sell one toy in the United States."
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Irish Star on MSN'Unhinged' Trump refers to Barbie maker Mattel as its own countryDonald Trump has been mocked on social media after referring to Barbie manufacturer Mattel Toys as a country of its own after criticizing its CEO's comments on his tariffs
Nobody has ever accused Donald Trump of being an economic philosopher, but maybe we have been missing something. In a televised Cabinet meeting last Wednesday, the President brought up the possibility that his trade war,
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Some household items, like a Barbie doll at Target and a washing machine at Lowe's, have gone up in price since April 16, according to Telsey Advisory Group.
President Donald Trump took aim at the “country” of Mattel, the manufacturer of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels. Earlier this week, the company indicated that it would bump up prices because of the president’s 145 percent tariff on most Chinese exports.
Parents might want to shift to digital avatars of toys as the tariff escalations lead to price hikes of Barbie dolls.
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New York Magazine on MSNTrump Declares War on ‘Country’ of MattelIn a drastic escalation of his doll-rationing proposal, Trump threatened the Barbie maker with tariffs so high it “won’t sell one toy” in the U.S.
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It remains unclear how Trump’s tariff forecast that “maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls” will play out politically.
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President Trump wants girls to be relegated to only four dolls as part of his tariff war with China. Clearly, he doesn't understand girls.
Donald Trump has his own Baghdad Bob — Baghdad Barbie? — in Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary. She has been caught in lie after lie, but continues to feed them to the American public while taking softball questions for right-wing influencers who are part of the press corps.