‘It’s going to be messy’: Americans on how Trump’s tariffs are shaping their spending
by Jem Bartholomew from Technology | The Guardian on (#6WJY0)
Fallout from Trump's trade war is forcing some Guardian readers to cut back or stock up on items from food to cars
A few weeks ago, Dane began stocking up on paper products", cases of paper towels, toilet paper", piddle-pads" for their shih-tzu, and his wife upgraded from an iPhone 8 to 14.
The 73-year-old in South Carolina said the purchases - which were made to get ahead of Donald Trump's trade policies - reminded him of the early weeks of the Covid pandemic, when he scrambled to buy masks, gloves and toilet paper.
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