# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1)

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**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068 "2024-11-11T06:19:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/7292 "2025-08-13T23:24:59Z")

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I didn’t want to hijack the thread this was in, and this is the latest, nearest, thread when I searched ‘tariffs’.

> [@So, this is it, right? (Trump Announces He is Federalizing DC Police, and More)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-this-is-it-right-trump-announces-he-is-federalizing-dc-police-and-more/1021929/143):
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> [Republicans can run from their voters, but they can’t hide](https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/republican-angry-town-halls-mistake-trump-tariffs-rcna223867)

From the article:

> People’s budgets will not “absorb” these tariffs. They are[going to feel them.](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tariff-deadline-trade-war-inflation-prices-rcna222221)
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> They’re going to feel them at the coffee shop. They’re going to feel them at the grocery store. They’re going to feel them online when they buy clothes or shoes.

I’m sure we all heard that Lindt (chocolatier) sells a lot of chocolate in Canada, and that 50% of the chocolate going to Canada comes from U.S. plants. Lindt is changing the supply chain, so that the chocolate comes from European plants.

Last September, I bought a 12-pack of Lindt 95% cocoa dark chocolate bars for $35.88. I just checked, and the same item is now $47.88,

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