• Walmart should “eat the tariffs” rather than raise prices, President Donald Trump said in a recent Truth Social post.
  • CEO Doug McMillon warned on the company’s earnings call that profits could fall this year depending on the direction of trade policy.
  • McMillon said “the reality of narrow retail margins” makes the tariffs, even at reduced levels, difficult to absorb.
  • Walmart (WMT) shares slumped in early trading Monday after President Donald Trump said the retailer should absorb the cost of tariffs rather than pass it on to customers by raising prices.
  • Source; investopedia.com

  • Tariffs impact demands ‘considerable downgrade’, to 0.9% this year and 1.4% in 2026,