Donald Trump’s tariff speech included a trip down memory lane to the ‘old-fashioned term, groceries’ – 17 funniest reactions
You can’t have missed the news that Donald Trump has released the details of the tariffs about to be imposed on almost every country in the world, but not Russia or North Korea, which are both currently sanctioned under rules created under the previous government. Probably not for long.
It’s official. Donald Trump has signed 25% tariffs on our closest trade partners and allies.
Friendly reminder that tariffs were a contributing factor for the Great Depression.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) April 2, 2025
Everyone is braced for impact, but not so much that they don’t have time to crack a few jokes.
Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”
— Joseph Allen (@j_g_allen) April 3, 2025
On the plus side…. pic.twitter.com/NQ2Adojt1i
— Luke de Pulford (@lukedepulford) April 2, 2025
"Let's try again. If you can buy 6 beans, but then apply a 50% import tarrif, how many beans can you now get?" pic.twitter.com/KpPHvW1fwU
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) April 2, 2025
How weak was the Biden administration to let Heard and McDonald Islands put a 10% tariff on us? I know that humans can be shrewd negotiator, but those islands are only inhabited by penguins. We should have been able to get a very favorable deal for a few fish. pic.twitter.com/8As6oyyBut
— Rep. Jack Kimble (@RepJackKimble) April 3, 2025
There was a lot to unpack from the almost-70-minute presentation to the press, but one comment caught the attention of social media, and it was this –
Trump: Likewise an old-fashioned term that we use groceries, it's an old-fashioned term, groceries.
A bag with different things in it pic.twitter.com/XhtrwUVeLn— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025
It’s a whisker away from ‘Who remembers white dog poo?’, and not in a good way.
These comments captured the mood.
1.
Is that what they’re called? I’ve been calling them Gobble Totes all these years!
— Gary Peterson (@GaryPetersonUSA) April 2, 2025
2.
how it feels to use the term "groceries" pic.twitter.com/Ve03J04N9c
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) April 2, 2025
3.
Lincoln? “4 score and 7 years ago…”
Roosevelt? “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
JFK? “Ask not what your country can do for you…”
Trump: “groceries, a bag with different things in it” pic.twitter.com/4eZ7Pq8Rq1
— Nguyen (美国队长) (@Bubu_fan1) April 2, 2025
4.
What the actual fuck does that idiot think we call what we get at grocery stores, if it isn’t groceries?
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) April 3, 2025
5.
Is there a more popular, modern name for groceries that we don't know about?
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 3, 2025
6.
https://t.co/I29k9ewa4g pic.twitter.com/39UQ8CCnX9
— Niecy O'Keeffe (@NiecyOKeeffe) April 2, 2025
7.
Wait, “groceries” is an old fashioned term?
A bag with different things in it?This MFr doesn’t even know what groceries are!
But sure, he’s one of you MAGA.— Chicano Marine (@elchicanomarine) April 2, 2025
8.
Finally, he mentions a bag with different things in it!
And I get to use the raw turkey pic.twitter.com/uAWsn6jJdp
— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) April 2, 2025
9.
Just a regular guy, explaining groceries to the peasants like he’s seen one once.
— Nikos (@NikosReggae) April 2, 2025