Spooked By #TradeWars, #Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: ‘IT WOULD BE STUPID NOT TO!’
Some Trump admin officials are stockpiling toilet paper & food before Trump’s #tariffs cause prices to skyrocket
By ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
#US #economy #inflation #recession #trumpcession
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-officials-hoarding-supplies-trade-war-tariffs-1235329235/
…experts have warned consumers not to hoard supplies & goods…
Well, many Americans aren’t listening…, instead preparing for the possibility of store shelves being bare amid a #Trump-inflicted #recession. Funnily enough, this includes a number of govt ofcls & staffers working directly for the man who launched these massive new trade wars, all on the grounds of bad #tariff math & the flimsy premise that he would bring economic “liberation” to America & make the country “wealthy again.”
2 #Trump admin ofcls & a Trump aide tell Rolling Stone that they have done some stockpiling of their own in recent weeks or months, & that they know others working in #Republican politics—inside & outside of the admin—who are doing the same. One of the Trump ofcls says they have already run to Target to bulk-buy toilet paper, some types of food, & other household supplies.
When asked why they’re doing this, the #Trump aide—who says they & their partner have done similar household-supply hoarding lately, & are also “stashing cash” reserves in their DC-area home—simply replies: “Because it would be stupid not to!” The aide adds that they still believe in Trump’s #tariffs regime, though [😜], citing the supposed advantage of “short-term pain” in exchange for long-term “prosperity.”
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