Mercedes Chandler, a user of Instagram, recently shared a video from the inside of Walmart in the United States and claimed that President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which came into force on August 1, 2025, directly cause prices to increase clothing and other items.
In a video that has now become a viral, Chandler goes through Walmart and shows price tags on clothes and other items with original, lower prices removed or covered and new, higher prices.
Details of a viral clip
The video is marked “Donald Trump’s tariffs are in full swing!” A user who points to different products, including clothing of children and backpack.
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“Guys, tariffs have an active effect,” says Chandler. “Look at these clothes in Walmart. All brands have these bottoms torn, but then you will find one with the bottom still on – $ 10.98. The price will increase to $ 11.98.” They said.
“This is the effect of Donald Trump’s tariffs.” Chandler continues and shows clothes from the children’s section marked from 6.98 to $ 10.98 and a backpack that was previously sold for $ 19.97, now at $ 24.97. ”
“This is an increase in $ 4,” Chandler emphasizes, adding that many price brands were covered with white stickers that hid the original price.
“If you don’t believe me, go to your locals, whether it’s Walmart or Target and check it yourself,” Chandler says at the end.
Netizens respond to the post
Netizens flooded the section of the comments in the post of waves of various reactions. While most users criticized this change, some comments also turned sarcastic.
One user commented, “Was it worth it? Are we still great?” Next added sarcastically: “Didn’t China pay these tariffs?”
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The supermarket employee shared his experience with the first hand with the brand change: “When I am assigned to the prices of clothing, I will deliberately leave several price marks so you can see the difference.”
One user also said: “From India and other countries comes so much clothes and raised tariffs to 50%, so we have to suffer.”
The latest Trump tariffs
After Donald Trump took over the Office in the White House, he re -introduced tariffs to a wide range of imports and claimed that these tariffs would improve foreign goods more expensive, giving US manufacturers a competitive advantage.
Over the past few weeks, Trump has imposed another 25 % tariff on all Indian goods, increasing a total of 50 percent. China also faces 30 % of the tariff, although it is relatively lower than India.
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Indian textile exports to the US were $ 35.87 billion in 2023-24. Readymade clothing was 41 % of this volume. The US is the largest Indian market with textile export. In the years 2023-24, the US imported $ 10.05 billion, which represents 28 percent of total exports of India. Apparel is the largest share of the export cake, Mint reported earlier.
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