Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC’s Meet the Press that after talking to Walmart’s CEO on the phone yesterday, the company will be eating some of the tariffs. 

He suggests that Walmart simply made the comments about passing on tariffs to the consumer as a ‘worst case scenario’ to avoid being sued.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC's Meet the Press that after talking to Walmart's CEO on the phone yesterday, the company will be eating some of the tariffs. He explains below: !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/uiibdn"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window,…{ai:summary}<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that Walmart will absorb some of the tariffs, contrary to earlier claims of passing costs to consumers. He indicated that Walmart's comments were likely a precautionary measure to protect against potential lawsuits. </p><p>#economy</p>

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