They could eat the cost, but they won’t. There are virtually no consumer protections in the US. And the Trump administration isn’t interested in doing anything other than getting rid of regulations. The cost will be passed on to the consumer so they can “recoup their costs”.
And then even if another administration backtracks on the tariffs, the cost will remain exactly the same. Because why would they bring the cost down? They have money they have to bleed from every single consumer possible.
They could eat the cost, but they won’t. There are virtually no consumer protections in the US. And the Trump administration isn’t interested in doing anything other than getting rid of regulations. The cost will be passed on to the consumer so they can “recoup their costs”.
And then even if another administration backtracks on the tariffs, the cost will remain exactly the same. Because why would they bring the cost down? They have money they have to bleed from every single consumer possible.