Wiped out: Why Trump’s tariff war may leave Americans without toilet paper

[Aryeh Jay]

Obscene. No wonder people had to go without.

Working for Walmart at the time had it's perks.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

We get ours from Who Gives A Crap.

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[chevyontheriver]

Working for Walmart at the time had it's perks.

So what did you intend to do with 144 rolls of toilet paper? Ride out the tariff wars while your neighbors go around dirty bottomed? How much space is required for 144 rolls of toilet paper?

 

[Pommer]

So what did you intend to do with 144 rolls of toilet paper?

whatever it was, it was gross!

 

[Aryeh Jay]

So what did you intend to do with 144 rolls of toilet paper? Ride out the tariff wars while your neighbors go around dirty bottomed? How much space is required for 144 rolls of toilet paper?

I think the momma bear pictured on the package says it's for a clean bottom. I also use it to blow my nose occasionally.

There was no tariff war at the time, in fact, the President had recently done the best deal ever with Canada and Mexico that later turned out to be a terrible. As a matter of fact, there was no toilet paper at the time and that was the reason to acquire the stockpile, not the thought that somehow Trump would still be in office in 2025 and continuing the easy trade wars of 2018. Not surprisingly, after the stash was acquired, supply chains recovered.

Initially it was 22 packs, that took up some space, now it fills a small closet.

A reminder of what was and is to come.

 

[chevyontheriver]

I think the momma bear pictured on the package says it's for a clean bottom. I also use it to blow my nose occasionally.

There was no tariff war at the time, in fact, the President had recently done the best deal ever with Canada and Mexico that later turned out to be a terrible. As a matter of fact, there was no toilet paper at the time and that was the reason to acquire the stockpile, not the thought that somehow Trump would still be in office in 2025 and continuing the easy trade wars of 2018. Not surprisingly, after the stash was acquired, supply chains recovered.

Initially it was 22 packs, that took up some space, now it fills a small closet.

A reminder of what was and is to come.
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I guess I consider hoarding to be harmful to neighbors who just need a roll. Besides, I have a modest house with no space for hoards.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I guess I consider hoarding to be harmful to neighbors who just need a roll. Besides, I have a modest house with no space for hoards.

My house is 1000 sq feet. Very small. My 18 year old son died Jan 1st 2019 so there was a free room available.

 

[Pommer]

My house is 1000 sq feet. Very small. My 18 year old son died Jan 1st 2019 so there was a free room available.

That’s rough, sorry to hear that.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

That’s rough, sorry to hear that.

Thank you. People tell me time heals all wounds but I don't believe I will live to be 120.

 

[Pommer]

Thank you. People tell me time heals all wounds but I don't believe I will live to be 120.

Grief is lifelong.
Grief that isn’t lifelong is just sadness.

 

[essentialsaltes]

What do Toilet paper and Trump hats have in common?​

Trump’s tariffs make Maga hats more expensive​

President charges $40 for merchandise but cheaper bestsellers are made in China, which has been hit by the biggest levies

Though caps bought directly from the Trump campaign, often for $40 or more, have since 2019 been “100 per cent proudly made in the USA” by a supplier in California, overseas vendors have flooded the market with cheap copycats.

More than 90 per cent of the bestselling presidential campaign merchandise listed on Amazon has a seller’s address in China, according to the Financial Times.

Poorer households, who disproportionately supported Trump in November, are expected to be hit especially hard by the rising price of budget clothing and imported food. The president, however, has sought to play down concerns of inflation or recession. “I couldn’t care less if they raise prices, because people are going to start buying American-made,” he said.

 

[essentialsaltes]

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Pulp is extracted from sawmill wood chips. If sawmills shut down due to tariffs on Canadian lumber, pulp production would also decline, directly affecting American toilet paper manufacturers.​

We can always wipe our butts with our national forests.

USDA orders California national forests open for major logging​

An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday, April 4, directs federal personnel to increase timber quotas by 25% on nearly 113 million acres of national forests across the nation.

 

[chevyontheriver]

We can always wipe our butts with our national forests.

USDA orders California national forests open for major logging​

An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday, April 4, directs federal personnel to increase timber quotas by 25% on nearly 113 million acres of national forests across the nation.

You can get a bidet. No need for toilet paper.

 

[Pommer]

We can always wipe our butts with our national forests.

USDA orders California national forests open for major logging​

An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday, April 4, directs federal personnel to increase timber quotas by 25% on nearly 113 million acres of national forests across the nation.

There be no (end of) lawsuits over this!

 

[chevyontheriver]

There be no (end of) lawsuits over this!

Lawsuits use a lot of paper.

 

[SimplyMe]

We can always wipe our butts with our national forests.

USDA orders California national forests open for major logging​

An emergency order issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday, April 4, directs federal personnel to increase timber quotas by 25% on nearly 113 million acres of national forests across the nation.

Just think of all the toilet paper we can make from the Gen. Sherman.

 

[ozso]

Considering you’re using military-grade TP much of the time, I don’t doubt this at all.
(Is it closer to Charmin or the Sears Catalog?)

I use silk. I got the idea from one of the Matrix movies.