Trade Wars: Bezos' Attempt At Resistance Dies In Darkness

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 So earlier today, Amazon was preparing to itemize their products a bit by explaining how the Trump Tariffs would impact the prices, but after a call from the president, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had his company back down.

For their part, the White House is complimenting Bezos' swift knee-bending while downplaying the true impact of the tariffs:

At a briefing Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the move a “hostile and political act,” adding that she had spoken about the matter with President Trump earlier.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed Levitt’s comments, saying it’s a hostile act if a company goes out of its way to “make it seem” like tariffs have caused prices to change.

“It’s nonsense,” he said Tuesday in a CNBC interview. “A 10% tariff is not going to change virtually any price,” he added, referring to the nearly universal baseline tariff on all countries. “The only price will change would be a product that we don’t make here, like a mango.” The 10% tariff, however, is hardly the only one in effect.

Please note that tariffs are an import tax on consumers. Other than that, Lutnick speaks the truth to the extant that the Trump backed off tariffs for against China for the very things they're know for making, and that there's a 90 day pause on the "world tariff" while the White House (presumably) engages in talks with each country for new trade deals (so far, none have been made/announced). 

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