Smoke and Mirrors

June 10, 2025

Home Depot CEO and Trump ass kisser Ted Decker boldly and proudly told the world that his stores would not be passing the costs of tariffs onto its customers like Walmart, Amazon and Target to name a few. Bravo Mr. Decker, you patriot of all patriots! How will you do it?

"More than 50% of our purchases are sourced in the United States," Decker said in the company's quarterly earnings call. "Over the last several years, we have worked diligently with our vendors to further diversify our global supply chain."

So is that why a box of #6 screws costs me almost $10 dollars yesterday?

Needing some supplies for a small project in the garage during this never ending rain I was shocked when my bill at the register came to $50 dollars! That's right, a box of screws, four drill bits and a roll of electrical solder costs me $50 fucking dollars! That should have cost no more than 25 dollars. As a matter of fact, I priced it out on Amazon and it came to $22 bucks with free delivery.

So I guess, Mr. Decker, you are just hoping that people don't shop around? You're hoping that nobody realizes you've already raised your prices to ridiculous levels before the tariffs were even announced? Then you just tell people that you didn't pass the cost onto them and pray they just believe you without question? Taking a page out of your hero and demigod's book are ya?

Listen, if I wanted smoke blown up my ass I would have come in to your store with a pack of smokes, gone right to aisle 51, bay 010, picked up a length of rubber tubing (at $2.43 per linear foot) and done it myself!

$49.46