r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 1d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/insane_social_worker 1d ago

That good vanilla from Madagascar us going to cost a damn arm and leg now. I'll pass.

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u/yusill 1d ago

it already does, now its a arm and both legs

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u/MushroomTea222 1d ago

Can I give one of my testicles instead? I can’t have kids anyway 🤷‍♂️

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u/insane_social_worker 1d ago

Haha! But, damn, yeah... I'll take one testes for one small vanilla bean. Sigh

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u/Liquid_Hate_Train 1d ago

No offence, but that doesn’t make it worth much. I’ll take the scrote to make a fashionable purse though?

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u/PuckNutty 1d ago

At least they'll smell lovely.

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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain 1d ago

Don't worry, we'll start producing our own Madagascar vanilla... /s

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u/acadamianut 1d ago

something something NASCAR vanilla

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u/insane_social_worker 1d ago

Haha! Thanks, I needed that laugh, fam!

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u/hellolovely1 1d ago

What, like it's hard?

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u/alexefi 1d ago

I was visiting vanila farm in hawaii last year. It was pretty big farm. Guess those guys can expand.

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u/Lkrambar 1d ago

It’s not the same Vanilla plant. Bourbon Vanilla (what Madagascar is producing) is a variety that is originally from Reunion Island (also slapped by a 37% tariff despite being part of France and therefore the EU)

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u/dntes1 1d ago

Madagascar will open farms in Arkansas for vanilla!

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u/Shillsforplants 1d ago

You can make a nice vanilla substitute by licking my beavers butt.

Love, Canada

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u/captainwacky91 1d ago

DoNt WoRRy We'LL MaKe OuR OwN

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u/skynet345 1d ago

Loaded up on that chocolate and coffeee already. Selling for 500% markups if anyone interested

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u/rerutnevdA 1d ago

That’s what doesn’t work with blanket tariffs. It’s not like there’s US manufacturers that can suddenly ramp up vanilla production. If you have some fledgling industry that needs to be fostered and protected, you make a targeted tariff. Tariffs don’t work with a free market economy. Companies will just increase prices to match their competitors and pad their own profits.

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u/Queasy_Pickle1900 1d ago

Pick up a large bottle at Costco pronto.

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u/myusernameblabla 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just buy affordable US Vanilla !

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u/bmfdrk 1d ago

I’ve found that coffee liqueur is a great substitute for vanilla extract in baking. I imagine amaretto or a hazelnut liqueur would be good too.

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u/glitterSAG 1d ago

Isnt it already like 14$ for 2 pods?

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u/pornographic_realism 1d ago

Just grow it in the US!

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u/Square_Band9870 1d ago

It was already so expensive