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I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

President Donald Trump's feud with Walmart is intensifying.

After the retail giant warned that its prices will go up due to Trump's tariffs, Trump erupted on truth social and even issued a

bailed threat. Then White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt reiterated the threat at Monday's media

briefing. What's amusing about all this is that it completely demolishes Trump's whole

scam on this issue because it constitutes an admission that other countries

don't pay the tariffs. We do. So can Trump really use threats and bullying to conceal the truth about

his policies from the American people? Today we're talking about all of this with Lindsay Owens,

an economist who's also executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative.

Thanks for coming on, Lindsay. Thanks for having me.

Okay, so last week, Walmart CEO Doug McMillan said some prices are going to rise, even factoring

in the temporary partial reduction on tariffs in China. Trump exploded in response to this saying the following.

Walmart should stop trying to blame tariffs as the reasons for raising prices throughout the chain.

Between Walmart and China, they should, as is said, eat the tariffs and not charge valued

customers anything. I'll be watching and so will your customers.

So, Lindsay, Trump is raging that a private business has to swallow the costs of his policy.

Your reaction to this? Yeah, I mean, look, Trump is clearly worried. This was a bombshell admission from Walmart in an earnings call that consumers were

going to need to brace for impact because, you know, a large retailer known for offering low prices,

offering bargains was signaling to the American people that prices were going to come up and they were letting

you know it's not because they have shifted their position on no longer being a low-cost

retailer.

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