{"id":26561,"date":"2025-05-01T22:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26561"},"modified":"2025-05-01T22:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:10:23","slug":"donald-trump-says-kids-will-adjust-to-having-2-dolls-instead-of-30-dolls-as-he-wages-tariff-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=26561","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Says Kids Will Adjust to Having \u20182 Dolls Instead of 30 Dolls\u2019 as He Wages Tariff War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">&#8220;Maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,&#8221; Trump added as he brushed off concerns about Chinese imports<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<figure id=\"figure-article_1-0\" class=\"comp figure-article mntl-universal-primary-image right-rail__offset text-utility-100 figure-landscape primary-image\">\n<div class=\"primary-image__media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"primary-image__image mntl-primary-image--blurry loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AzVVgVfqTLUni_y4akvdiGvdjiE=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/donald-trump-civil-trial-new-york-011124-3-81fe0293fbc44ad1a2c3fc6e78cf7231.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 750px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/w-F6VuKnbWTnbIdCuf3s2JA-fgY=\/750x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2):format(webp)\/donald-trump-civil-trial-new-york-011124-3-81fe0293fbc44ad1a2c3fc6e78cf7231.jpg 750w\" alt=\"Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on January 11, 2024 \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"primary-image__figcap_1-0\" class=\"comp primary-image__figcap mntl-figure-caption figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\">Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Shannon Stapleton-Pool\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<li><strong>President Donald Trump has admitted that his tariffs on China might have a stark impact on U.S. goods.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump brushed off concerns, saying, &#8220;Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The U.S. Commerce Department reported on Wednesday, April 29, that the economy had shrunk 0.3% during the first quarter, but Trump placed that blame on his predecessor, President Joe Biden.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has admitted how his foreign tariffs may impact American consumers following a new report about the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0has admitted how his foreign tariffs may impact American consumers following a new report about the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">During a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, April 30, Trump was asked about his tariffs on goods from China and how they might continue to affect the U.S. marketplace. In early April, the president upped the tariffs to 145% and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-china-tariffs-set-unleash-003101305.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Bloomberg reported<\/a>\u00a0this week that cargo shipments from China have since fallen by an estimated 60%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Somebody said the shelves will be open. Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30. Maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,&#8221; Trump said of the tariffs&#8217; effect on U.S. goods.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;But we&#8217;re not talking about something where we&#8217;ll have to go out of our way,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They have ships that are loaded up with stuff, much of which we don&#8217;t need. And we have to make a fair deal. We&#8217;ve been ripped off by every country in the world, but China, I would say, is the leading one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, Apr. 30, 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wn2XtufOAHc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On Thursday, May 1, the U.S. Commerce Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/news\/2025\/gross-domestic-product-1st-quarter-2025-advance-estimate\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">released a new report<\/a>\u00a0indicating that the American economy shrank by 0.3% during the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">However, on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114427089568235019\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0page, Trump was quick to place the blame on his predecessor, President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;This is Biden\u2019s Stock Market, not Trump\u2019s. I didn\u2019t take over until January 20th,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden &#8216;Overhang,&#8217; &#8221; he continued. &#8220;This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS, only that he left us with bad numbers, but when the boom begins, it will be like no other. BE PATIENT!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The tariffs on China are some of the only ones that actually went into effect following Trump&#8217;s April 2 &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; speech, in which the president threatened tariffs on nearly all imported goods.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hqfXXHDD3SO7FI3PENnZ-i01veU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(253x224:255x226):format(webp)\/Donald-trump-tariffs-2-040425-3516bfe8d1d0431ab908134c13333266.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hqfXXHDD3SO7FI3PENnZ-i01veU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(253x224:255x226):format(webp)\/Donald-trump-tariffs-2-040425-3516bfe8d1d0431ab908134c13333266.jpg 4000w\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a \u00e2\u0080\u009cMake America Wealthy Again\u00e2\u0080\u009d trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. \" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hqfXXHDD3SO7FI3PENnZ-i01veU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(253x224:255x226):format(webp)\/Donald-trump-tariffs-2-040425-3516bfe8d1d0431ab908134c13333266.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/hqfXXHDD3SO7FI3PENnZ-i01veU=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(253x224:255x226):format(webp)\/Donald-trump-tariffs-2-040425-3516bfe8d1d0431ab908134c13333266.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">President Donald Trump announces sweeping international tariffs in the White House Rose Garden on April 2, 2025.<\/span>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">After the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/stock-market-plummets-after-trump-liberation-day-affecting-retirement-11709260\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">stock market plummeted<\/a>\u00a0and China upped their own tariffs on American goods in response, Trump \u2014 who had claimed he &#8220;knew &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/trump-i-know-what-the-hell-im-doing-tariff-chaos-11712107\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">what the hell [he was] doing<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 almost immediately put a 90-day hold on nearly all of the planned international tariffs, excluding China.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">\u00a0PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Trump has not hesitated to bash critics of his turbulent economic plan. After Americans expressed concern about the &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221; stock market crash and the state of their retirement savings, he urged them to stop being &#8220;Panican.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The term, which he coined in that moment, was apparently meant to mean &#8220;weak and stupid people,&#8221; he explained on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">&#8220;The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be Weak! Don&#8217;t be Stupid! Don&#8217;t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!)&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">However,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/economy-trump-gdp-tariffs-inflation-trade-28a0da24c803c4796eb32704cd0244cc\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">The Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0reported on Wednesday that top economists believe this downturn could continue throughout Trump&#8217;s first year back in office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWe think the downturn of the economy will get worse in the second half of this year,\u2019&#8217; said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics. \u201cCorrosive uncertainty and higher taxes \u2014 tariffs are a tax on imports \u2014 will drag GDP growth back into the red by the end of this year.\u2019&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;Maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,&#8221; Trump added as he brushed off concerns about Chinese imports Credit :\u00a0Shannon Stapleton-Pool\/Getty &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26563,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26561\/revisions\/26563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}