Chocolate shortage looming due to Trump tariffs: NYT editor

President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs are ratcheting up the cost of everyday items, including staples that Americans routinely rely on for comfort — like chocolate.

Mara Gay with The New York Times told MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire Friday that Trump's tried-and-true "blame game" won't be enough to distract Americans from the reality of higher prices hitting cocoa beans and other simple pleasures.

"The Trump administration really doesn't have popular support for the tariffs," Gay said, "so, really what we're seeing here is a one trick pony shop where the only thing that they know how to do in The Trump administration is outsource the blame, and blame the courts. And I think that's not really going to distract the American people from any upheaval in the economy, which we're already seeing in prices increasing."

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Gay continued, "I went even to the ice cream shop the other day, and I was told there's no chocolate ice cream because it costs too much to import chocolate right now. So, you know, Americans are noticing and I think the Trump administration isn't quite sure what to do about it. So, their default is blame someone else, and in this case it's the courts."

Lemire added, "Obviously it's a small anecdote there, but if things like chocolate ice cream start to run out or become too expensive, Americans are really going to mine that pain."

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