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Mad King Donald is placing a 17% tariff on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico, as he withdrew the United States from a decades-old trade agreement. He believes he can replace the imports with tomatoes grown in Florida and the Southeast... except, of course, as usual, he's wrong.

The United States imported $2.8 billion of tomatoes from Mexico in 2023, according to data from the World Bank, representing more than 85 percent of American imports.

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, which represents companies that import and sell produce and flowers, said it was “disappointed” in the decision. It said that its members distributed vine-ripened, greenhouse-grown tomatoes from Mexico that are not replaceable by tomatoes grown in Florida and the Southeast, most of which are grown in an open field, picked green and gassed to induce a color change.

And, oh, BTW, don't forget that Trump the pedo is all over the Epstein files.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/business/econom...

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