Posted on 10/16/2025 4:41:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Donald Trump's tariffs appear to be working.
For Walmart's chief executive has confirmed that the company is increasing its investments in US-made products and suppliers.
The retail giant is not the only major American company paying more attention to American manufacturing.
Now that Trump has placed tariffs on most countries outside the US, with particularly high fees on imports from China and India, corporate America has been forced to search closer to home for alternatives.
Boss John Furner said Walmart's investment in products generated on US turf is part of the company's long-standing strategic priority.
'Investing in US manufacturing and US operations, sure, it's great for business, but it's also great for employment. It's great for jobs. It's great for the country, and it helps us with our supply chain being flexible and dynamic,' the chief executive told CNBC's Invest in America Forum.
Furner claimed that almost two-thirds of Walmart's inventory are made, grown, or assembled in the US — and the superstore is determined to grow that number.
A new beef processing facility in Olathe, Kansas, is part of this expansion and will create over 600 jobs for Americans.
Donald Trump's tariffs are paying off — at least for Walmart. The retail giant confirmed that Walmart is stepping up its investments in US-made products and domestic suppliers
Walmart's US chief executive John Furner said Trump's tariffs are forcing the superstore to source more of their inventory from within the United States
Walmart's long-term plan to expand upon products being made on US soil will also create jobs for Americans
'It's a big investment, and having quality products that are sourced in a more sustainable way that can deliver to customers is really important,' Furner said.
Furner said domestic production is being revived in...
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But, but, the Nazis, and stuff...
Interesting. Don’t they have to thank the Chicoms for their profits?
MORE WINING!!!!!!!!
MORE AND MORE WINING!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND OF COURSE MORE ICE PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And more “N”s…..the word you are looking for is “winning.”
Oh we are feeling the results all right...
NOW-——STOP THE THEFT, AND PRICES CAN COME DOWN MORE
Walmart is the company that led us into the collapse of our industry.
Cool! Walmart was built on products made in the USA, then globalism took root and grew like a poisonous weed.
One, Ill even take some with 3 as lo g as it wi ds up mea ing the same.
Wait wait wait!
No Kangs!!!!
/I dread Saturdays upcoming stupidity
I did get a tariff bill from fed express for $.40. I must have imported a 12 inch piece of weather stripping .
/I dread Saturdays upcoming stupidity
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Walmart didn't have a choice. They could offshore, or lose business to the companies that did. It was the consumer putting cheaper prices over American labor that caused that.
Ross Perot was in the same boat. He warned of the giant sucking sound if those trade deals were passed, but he eventually had to cave and offshore to compete.
The ball is back in our court. Trump did his part, now we have to do ours and buy the products.
You told me in another thread that you are trying. Now's OUR chance to make it work. :)
We’ve been seeing a commercial (on Newsmax, I think) showing Reagan making an anti-tariff statement — how they might be good for America at the beginning, but how they become harmful in the long run. Basically, an anti-Trump ad. The commercial is Canadian, I think.
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