'I never thought I was going to lose this much money': Trump voter amid tariffs
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Anything I can do to contribute towards the downfall and destruction of his business and life I will do. From supporting his competitors, bad mouthing his product on social media hell even printing out his picture and spiting on it I’m down 
[Congrats, you played yourself] I am in tears right now! Everything I have worked my ass off for is about to go down the drain with these tariffs.
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Commented on Wed Apr 9 14:42:16 2025 UTC
Screw these people. The first 5 slides are: Hate, Hate, Bigotry, Stupidity, Hate.
Then finally when their bank account gets a sting they only whine about themselves. This just proves these people are selfish as hell and can't be saved.
Screw these people. The first 5 slides are: Hate, Hate, Bigotry, Stupidity, Hate.
Then finally when their bank account gets a sting they only whine about themselves. This just proves these people are selfish as hell and can't be saved.
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│ Commented on Wed Apr 9 16:14:52 2025 UTC
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│ Exactly it’s not until these people face real consequences or repercussions that they actually realize this is harmful to everyone else. They won’t change their views unless it’s directly impacting them. Recalling how Nancy Reagan was against stem cell research until Ronald was directly affected by Alzheimer’s - it was only then that she started to support it. fukk them and fukk MAGA.
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│ Exactly it’s not until these people face real consequences or repercussions that they actually realize this is harmful to everyone else. They won’t change their views unless it’s directly impacting them. Recalling how Nancy Reagan was against stem cell research until Ronald was directly affected by Alzheimer’s - it was only then that she started to support it. fukk them and fukk MAGA.
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Commented on Wed Apr 9 14:56:25 2025 UTC
These posts are getting me through my day, call me an a$$hole I really don’t care: but I am happy these people are suffering. Their entire existence was to screw over poor and marginalized people, to own the libs, to hurt people not like them…..their comeuppance is just filling me with glee
These posts are getting me through my day, call me an a$$hole I really don’t care: but I am happy these people are suffering. Their entire existence was to screw over poor and marginalized people, to own the libs, to hurt people not like them…..their comeuppance is just filling me with glee
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Heafcliffe
Hope there's puddin' in the clink...
Tribal Outkast
Veteran
People keep saying this and I get it.. but first you went through a pandemic with this guy, now you’re worried that you’re losing money and maybe your business after voting for the same guy again. If you’d vote that way again then you’re straight up looney tunes
Gonna say this again.
IT’S APRIL!!!
Nkrumah Was Right
Superstar
The majority of the American people, to put it kindly, are not…intellectuals.
Shock of Trump tariffs has Wyoming businesses worried - WyoFile
Small businesses that import clothing, cameras and dinnerware face chaos, cost spikes.
wyofile.com
Shock of Trump tariffs has Wyoming businesses worried
Small businesses that import clothing, cameras and dinnerware face chaos, cost spikes.
by Rebecca Huntington and Dan Cepeda, Oil City News April 10, 2025
WyoFile’s local news initiative partnered with Oil City News to produce this story. For information on WyoFile collaborations or to share examples of how tariffs are impacting you, contact Rebecca Huntington at rebecca@wyofile.com.
With spring comes wedding season, when Cara Rank begins to rent table settings for Jackson Hole occasions with hundreds of guests. She plans ahead, placing orders six to nine months in advance. President Donald Trump’s now-paused tariffs would have slapped a $40,000 import tax on her roughly $200,000 shipment of hand-painted porcelain dinnerware, cutlery and glassware — all coming from Europe in May.
Preparing to absorb that cost on Wednesday morning and fearing a recession, Rank decided not to hire a new full-time position, at a salary of $70,000 with benefits, even though she had a finalist for the job.
“Do they want me to put people to work and pay them a living wage or do they want me to pay tariffs?” Rank told WyoFile on Wednesday. “Because that’s the decision in my mind.”
But then Trump soon reversed course, announcing a 90-day pause on all “reciprocal” tariffs that went into effect at midnight, except for China, which is now facing a triple-digit tariff. (Trump did maintain a 10% tariff rate on most countries.)
“I think the message that was sent to Donald Trump was very clear that the world will not accept these tariffs. What you saw yesterday was him reacting to that,” Rank said. “It’s a roller coaster, you don’t know how to plan for your business because he is so erratic.”
Small businesses from Jackson to Casper are being whipsawed by the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariffs on one side and a global trading system that they depend upon to run their businesses on the other. Small businesses accounted for 129,426, or 65.1%, of Wyoming employees, according to a 2024 report by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Rank owns two Jackson businesses, Objet West by XoWyo, which does event rentals, and XoWyo Paper and Press, which also relies on imported materials to print high-end wedding invitations and other custom stationery. She has 11 employees right now, and that number will jump to 25 during the height of weddings and other summer events.
Rank’s pessimism about the economy Wednesday turned to cautious optimism by Thursday. For now, facing 10% baseline tariffs Trump imposed April 5 on nearly all countries, she might still hire that position and grow her company, she said.
Wyoming businesses are at the mercy of a global trading system that has been decades in the making. One Casper storefront, and its mannequins, has stood watch through the many changes. Dawn Stevenson took ownership of the Mode O’ Day clothing store franchise in downtown Casper in 1974. That same year, Congress passed the Trade Act of 1974, giving the president more authority to negotiate trade deals.
At that time, Casper’s store was one of 840 franchises around the country. In a 2019 interview with Oil City News, Stevenson said the company eventually rebranded to Fashion Crossroads to stay relevant with changing trends, but went bankrupt in the 1990s. Stevenson bought the brand and kept operating the store.
Kyleen Stevenson-Braxton bought the store from her mother, and Fashion Crossroads remains a steady presence today, celebrating its 50th anniversary last year. But Stevenson-Braxton now runs a business woven together by global relationships. America’s textile manufacturing industry is almost nonexistent, so stocking a store with American-made goods affordably and consistently isn’t an option.
Instead, Stevenson-Braxton orders a lot of her premium items from Canadian producers, comparing their textile industry to what America’s once offered as far as quality. With her current stock pre-booked with vendors last year, prices are locked in through the fall season.
“I won’t see price changes until I go to market in August when I’m looking at the spring 2026 season,” she said.
Her store’s less expensive merchandise comes mainly from China, India and Mexico, and she expects to see those prices rising soon. Although the Trump administration paused higher tariffs for countries like India, the president doubled down on China.
“Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately,” Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social. “At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable.” (The cumulative U.S. rate for Chinese imports is now 145%.)
Closer to home, Stevenson-Braxton is afraid she might have to drop vendors she’s used for decades if they’re forced to price themselves out of the market, particularly those based in Canada.
“It’s very scary to me honestly as a business owner,” she said. “Not just the tariffs, but I’m afraid that our economy’s going to get broken.”
All the turmoil and uncertainty follows what has already been a tough time for clothing retailers.
“Small businesses in general – and clothing in particular – we never really recovered from COVID because supply chains were affected and all of the elements that go into making clothing went up [in price]. So thread, buttons, zippers, cloth, all of these commodities went up in price.”
She said wholesale and operating costs such as rent and energy have risen as well. “You have a choice: You can either pass it on or you can try and eat it, but we can’t pass on all of these increases, and we can’t just eat all of it.”
There’s only so much her store can absorb before she has to pass costs on to her customers, she said, “and then the customer has a threshold of what they’re willing to spend because they’re dealing with all of the same things.”
Another Casper business, Wyoming Camera Outfitters, carries consumer and professional imaging gear from Canon, Nikon and Sony. They also have extensive offerings of aftermarket lens makers, such as Tamron.
It’s been chaotic behind the scenes, store manager Chris Luse said Tuesday before Trump reversed course on hefty tariffs for countries like Japan. Most of the equipment the store offers is manufactured in Japan and the Philippines, with some imports from China and other Asian countries.
“We’re getting emails left and right from all of the manufacturers,” he said. He said the first thing they’ll likely see is quick elimination of rebates and incentives.
Luse thinks the manufacturers will have something of a longer term outlook by the end of this week. “Most of the manufacturers should start having better game plans by then.”
The store has heard from numerous regular customers who are worried about price increases, and they’ve seen a bit of “panic buying” already.
Rank herself was contemplating rushing purchases on electronics for her business to get ahead of tariff-induced price hikes. While somewhat reassured by Trump’s pause, Rank is still adding up what the 10% baseline tariff will mean for her bottom line. Her business also typically buys packing materials, bags, foam, ink, tape and glue from China.
“What’s going to happen with China? Should I stock up?” Rank pondered Thursday. “Do I want to spend $10,000 on computers today rather than spacing it out over three to four months?”
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
Does Big T give a fukk?
Iphones and smartphones? Yeah..he'll change up in some form. That's serious business...that's not a game for America existence in general.
Commented on Sat Apr 12 18:56:25 2025 UTC
I really don’t get this. Tariffs were a central campaign promise. He said it was his favorite word, the most beautiful word, etc. Why is anyone surprised?
I really don’t get this. Tariffs were a central campaign promise. He said it was his favorite word, the most beautiful word, etc. Why is anyone surprised?
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│ They genuinely interpret reality differently from us.
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│ They cherrypick what they want to hear, and disregard the most basic negative critique or colloquialisms as “elitist” or “woke”.
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CashmereThoughts
Veteran
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@CNBC
Trump's ongoing 25% auto tariffs expected to cut sales by millions, cost $100 billion https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/aut...&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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@jlentz3
Can’t wait to see what happens to the used market
3/10
@aceninebiz
Bullish for Tesla
4/10
@Nxt_exchange
So buy Ford or Telsa?
5/10
@mulltiy
they need to be removed asap
6/10
@TrashMoney69
Cue the price drop in autos to remain competitive
7/10
@FrakkJason47117
So much for making cars great again. Looks like they'll just be expensive again.
8/10
@anandvijay123
That $100B? Might just buy back American industry. You can’t rebuild a manufacturing base without shaking the ground beneath it.
9/10
@clantro
Nope, I’m buying a Ford
10/10
@Irsheyzs2
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@CNBC
Trump's ongoing 25% auto tariffs expected to cut sales by millions, cost $100 billion https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/aut...&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
2/10
@jlentz3
Can’t wait to see what happens to the used market
3/10
@aceninebiz
Bullish for Tesla
4/10
@Nxt_exchange
So buy Ford or Telsa?
5/10
@mulltiy
they need to be removed asap
6/10
@TrashMoney69
Cue the price drop in autos to remain competitive
7/10
@FrakkJason47117
So much for making cars great again. Looks like they'll just be expensive again.
8/10
@anandvijay123
That $100B? Might just buy back American industry. You can’t rebuild a manufacturing base without shaking the ground beneath it.
9/10
@clantro
Nope, I’m buying a Ford
10/10
@Irsheyzs2
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1/11
@GaryWinslett
GREAT article in the Times today about South Carolina, manufacturing, and trade. The viewpoint here is one that I feel in my bones.
Big Ten country may lean into economic populism and the past, but the SEC leans into globalization and the future.
2/11
@GaryWinslett
I would love to see Democrats re-embrace their inner Bill Clinton and bear hug the South/Sun Belt. Democrats winning NC, GA, AZ, TX, and FL and many of their respective House seats would create a political juggernaut of a party. But that requires a significant re-orientation.
3/11
@GaryWinslett
Here’s the link to the article. In South Carolina, a Once Thriving Textile Hub Is Baffled by Trump’s Tariffs
4/11
@joshuamking
Big Ten West Coast begs to differ
5/11
@GaryWinslett
Arizona will always be part of the Pac-12.
Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
6/11
@AstorAaron
This is true for the automotive supply chain in East Tennessee too. Similar dynamics as Upstate SC. But business leaders are often too cowardly to confront Trump on tariff policies that will absolutely hurt this region. They'll bemoan the tariffs off the record though...
7/11
@RDerpington
No one cares. We're not relying on China for our shyt. Globalization is the past.
8/11
@ProfSchleich
Except the Big Ten now includes Hollywood!
9/11
@musharbash_b
lol I’m sorry, Gary, but you’re just wishcasting here
10/11
@WilliamRFuqua
I don't even know if Big Ten country is really pro tariffs. Yeah, Shawn fain is and a few politicians are (sort of), but the workers seem to realize the tariffs are bad and so do Ford and GM.
11/11
@patriot51183
Just so you know…no one really thinks what this Rice lady thinks…they interviewed a shyt lib.
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@GaryWinslett
GREAT article in the Times today about South Carolina, manufacturing, and trade. The viewpoint here is one that I feel in my bones.
Big Ten country may lean into economic populism and the past, but the SEC leans into globalization and the future.
2/11
@GaryWinslett
I would love to see Democrats re-embrace their inner Bill Clinton and bear hug the South/Sun Belt. Democrats winning NC, GA, AZ, TX, and FL and many of their respective House seats would create a political juggernaut of a party. But that requires a significant re-orientation.
3/11
@GaryWinslett
Here’s the link to the article. In South Carolina, a Once Thriving Textile Hub Is Baffled by Trump’s Tariffs
4/11
@joshuamking
Big Ten West Coast begs to differ
5/11
@GaryWinslett
Arizona will always be part of the Pac-12.
Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
6/11
@AstorAaron
This is true for the automotive supply chain in East Tennessee too. Similar dynamics as Upstate SC. But business leaders are often too cowardly to confront Trump on tariff policies that will absolutely hurt this region. They'll bemoan the tariffs off the record though...
7/11
@RDerpington
No one cares. We're not relying on China for our shyt. Globalization is the past.
8/11
@ProfSchleich
Except the Big Ten now includes Hollywood!
9/11
@musharbash_b
lol I’m sorry, Gary, but you’re just wishcasting here
10/11
@WilliamRFuqua
I don't even know if Big Ten country is really pro tariffs. Yeah, Shawn fain is and a few politicians are (sort of), but the workers seem to realize the tariffs are bad and so do Ford and GM.
11/11
@patriot51183
Just so you know…no one really thinks what this Rice lady thinks…they interviewed a shyt lib.
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