{"id":1225,"date":"2025-05-01T01:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T01:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/trump-on-tariffs-says-maybe-the-children-will-have-2-dolls-instead-of-30\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T01:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T01:26:08","slug":"trump-on-tariffs-says-maybe-the-children-will-have-2-dolls-instead-of-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/trump-on-tariffs-says-maybe-the-children-will-have-2-dolls-instead-of-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, on Tariffs, Says \u2018Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump has a message for the nation\u2019s children: Prepare to sacrifice for your country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was taking questions at the end of one of his marathon cabinet meetings when he finally allowed that, yes, his tariff policies and the trade war he has set off with China may soon result in some emptier-than-usual shelves in stores. Specifically, toy stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou know, somebody said, \u2018Oh, the shelves are going to be open,\u2019\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cWell, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know? And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This, from the billionaire, crypto-salesman, golf-club-operating, Palm Beach-by-way-of-Fifth Avenue president with the golden office and the golden triplex apartment. There he sat, surrounded by the other billionaires with whom he has filled his cabinet, telling the boys and girls of America they\u2019ll just have to make do with fewer toys this year for the greater good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This grinchy pronouncement by the president had the value of being truthful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many American toymakers and retailers have started to pause their orders as the effects of Mr. Trump\u2019s tariffs ripple out, threatening to snarl supply chains. It could all have a big impact on this year\u2019s holiday season since it takes months to manufacture, package and ship many products to the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Greg Ahearn, chief executive of the Toy Association, a U.S. industry group representing 850 toy manufacturers, told The Times that there is now a \u201cfrozen supply chain that is putting Christmas at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t start production soon,\u201d Mr. Ahearn said, \u201cthere\u2019s a high probability of a toy shortage this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">You hear that, kids?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump has a message for the nation\u2019s children: Prepare to sacrifice for your country. He was taking questions at the end of one of his marathon cabinet meetings when he finally allowed that, yes, his tariff policies and the trade war he has set off with China may soon result in some emptier-than-usual shelves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[911,912,199,158],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-children","tag-dolls","tag-tariffs","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuracarelife.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}