Donald Trump threatens to stop Barbie dolls being sold in US

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-threatens-barbie-100-percent-tariff-2070023

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  1. By Hugh Cameron – U.S. News Reporter:

    President Donald Trump has threatened to place a 100 percent tariff on Barbie maker Mattel, after the company’s CEO said it would continue to manufacture outside the U.S. but would be reducing its reliance on Chinese imports.

    “I’ve heard [Mattel] said: ‘Well we’re going to go counter, we’re going to try going someplace else,'” Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday. “That’s OK, let him go, and we’ll put a 100 percent tariff on his toys, and he won’t sell one toy in the United States, and that’s their biggest market.”

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  5. The shakedown!

    Nice company you have here. Sure would be a shame if something happened to it.

  7. “Tim Mattel will rue the day he crossed me!”

    Donald Trump probably

  8. Typical…he already bought his own Pam Bondi, but none for thee.

  9. Trump really is mad at the entire underage girl market for some reason.

  10. But dont Barbie Dolls represent a major part of his voting base?

  11. This is what MAGAs voted for. A 78 year old obese man raging on about Barbie dolls.

    I guess that’s how you Make ‘Murica Great Again….

  13. You just know the magaloids are already planning their Barbie burning parties – cause when you’re in that cult you must not ever contradict the pumpkin potenturd

  14. A temper-tantrum throwing toddler raging about all the dolls he doesn’t get to play with….

  15. somebody forgot to “donate” to the inaugural fund, or buy trump meme coins

  16. Well we were only getting 1/15ths of our allotted barbie dolls this Christmas anyways. Now the GrinchOP is coming for the rest

  17. I bet that US flag pin he always wears was made outside the US.

  18. All he cares about is being the center is attention. He doesn’t care about the country or our people.

  19. Wait until he finds out literally every major toy company makes their stuff in asia…. also I’m fairly sure 99% of this guys merch is made outside the US too prob just down the streets from the factories Mattel uses

  20. How exactly is that an emergency that allows him to put tariffs in the first place?

  21. The “War on Christmas” people are real silent at the moment.

  22. Will he be being paying 100% tariff’s on his own maga hats and tRump crap that he has manufactured outside the US?

  23. Lol what? This sounds ridiculous. Why would he even care about Barbie dolls? Feels like he’s just trying to stir up drama for no reason.

  24. Targeting a specific company for concessions. Pretty sure this is just racketeering and this will be some giant RICO case at some point, or the world can hope

  25. 🎵 I’m a Barbie girl, in a Trumpy world…
    Tariff’s are drastic, it’s stochastic…
    Cupboards are threadbare, shelves empty everywhere…
    Imagination? life now’s just inflation. 🎶

  26. So now NO DOLLS???? Didn’t happen under Biden. Thanks, Trump.

  27. The president punishing individual companies for saying something he didn’t like is blatant abuse of power. It’s illegal. It’s impeachable.

    It’s incredible what our elected pols are allowing to go on with so little pushback

  28. TRUMPCO Toys now announces the new line of Ivanka dolls, made with genuine American child labour for $129.99 each or $3999.99 for 30. Cheap!

  29. On April 30th, Trump said, “*Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls*.” By May 8th, he was threatening a 100% tariff on Barbie so no dolls would be sold at all.

    So in April it was “*fewer dolls*,” in May it’s “*no Barbie at all* ” – can’t wait for June, when he accuses Mr. Potato Head of colluding with China and demands all toys be grown on American soil

  30. This is a Rankin/Bass villain move. This is a Burgermeister Meisterburger type situation.

  32. My brother in Christ… what about his hats made in china??

  34. I thought he would be a fan since Barbie looks like the daughter he wants to sleep with

  35. Aren’t there some really smart psychologists who can figure out how to make him cave?

    It’s like 99% of the general population is defenseless vs. malignant narcissists. You see it in the workplace and other more mundane places.

  36. Surely this is the move that will make groceries cheaper and other countries respect us

  37. Trump just can’t get over the fact that Ken is hung better than him.

  38. The main point of contention is that Barbie can be anything or anyone a little girl wants her to be, and they don’t like that. I’m sure if Mattel produced only Barefoot and Pregnant Barbie, they’d be totally fine with that. At least that way, Barbie knows her place and if she gets out of line, a swift wallop or two will correct that.

  39. ‘leader of the free world’ fucking beefing with a doll company.

    What. a. fucking. clown.

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