Donald’s Tariffs Makes Motherhood Harder
The Mary Trump Podcast
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🗓️ 11 May 2025
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It probably won't come as a surprise to you that Donald had some issues with his mother. |
| 0:08.2 | But apparently that's extrapolating to all mothers just in time for Mother's Day. |
| 0:15.1 | If you were planning to buy your mother flowers for the holiday, which, by the the way is something that almost everybody does, |
| 0:22.3 | you should brace yourself because you're probably going to be spending a lot more than you |
| 0:26.9 | usually would now that it's Donald's economy. |
| 0:31.3 | Here's WL, sorry, WPLG, Local 10 with the update. |
| 0:36.6 | Mother's Day could be a little pricier. |
| 0:38.6 | That's because the majority of flowers sold in the U.S. are imported from countries with |
| 0:42.3 | climates friendly for growing, and those imports are facing tariffs. |
| 0:46.2 | So there's a lot that you should know before you go out there and order a bouquet for your |
| 0:50.2 | mommy. |
| 0:51.2 | 80% of flowers mostly come from Colombia and Ecuador. |
| 0:54.7 | And because of President Trump's 10% baseline tariff, |
| 0:58.0 | the extra cost will likely head to the florist |
| 1:00.8 | and that will in turn be passed on to you the consumer. |
| 1:03.8 | Floral spending has reached new heights over the years |
| 1:06.6 | with 74% of consumers saying they do plan to buy them |
| 1:09.8 | for their mom on Mother's Day. |
| 1:13.2 | Okay, tariffs 101. |
| 1:14.9 | They don't just impact the country upon whom they're imposed. |
| 1:20.5 | They impact the consumer in the country who buys those products. |
| 1:24.9 | So if a country is tariff as, um, is charged 10% more to export its goods, |
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