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PANIC MODE: The Trump White House is executing a SHOCKING U-turn on its signature trade policy, SLAASHING tariffs in a desperate bid to quell the voter uprising over skyrocketing prices. This isn’t a strategic pivot—it’s a FULL-SCALE RETREAT, an ADMISSION that the administration’s own policies are CRUSHING American families.
In a move that reveals profound political TERROR, the administration announced it will postpone MASSIVE tariff hikes on furniture, cabinets, and vanities for another year. This follows a quiet WHITEWASH of tariffs on everyday essentials like coffee and bananas. The message is clear: the “Tariff King” has been CAUGUT, his economic war backfiring SPECTACULARLY as consumers reel.
“This is a BLATANT admission that President Trump’s tariffs are DRIVING the inflation nightmare,” blasted Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute. The White House’s own data CONDEMNS them: household furnishings surged nearly 5% last year, with overall consumer costs leaping 2.7%. This is the COST of economic brinkmanship, and NOW the administration is scrambling to hide the receipts.
The White House is seen the day after President Donald Trump announced U.S. military strikes on nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Republicans, facing a BLOODBATH in key state elections where affordability was the TOP issue, are now frantically rebranding. Strategists admit MORE rollbacks are coming in 2026, a complete CONTRADICTION of Trump’s “A-plus-plus-plus” economic fantasy. The so-called “roaring” economy is a FAÇADE, and this tariff retreat is the CRACK in the foundation.
While press secretary Karoline Leavitt chirps about making America “affordable again,” this policy reversal exposes a DEEPER TRUTH: the administration knowingly sacrificed Main Street on the altar of trade wars, and is now trying to erase the evidence before the next election. The question every American must ask is chilling: if they LIED about the prosperity, what ELSE is an illusion?




