[joshuamerrill]

Amazon has every incentive to show tariff rates to the customer. They don't want to be the bad guy overcharging in the transaction.

Neither do local merchants when they collect a sales tax.

Neither does the homeowner when they rent their guest room on Airbnb.

Neither does Lady Gaga when she sells a ticket through Ticketmaster.

This isn't controversial. It's price transparency for the consumer and it helps them make better choices.

What's unusual is the White House attacking a private sector retailer for a reasonable choice that's clearly theirs to make. Seeing the "+145% tariff" on your checkout page would puncture a hole in the narrative we've heard for years from Donald Trump that "China pays the tax."

No, you and I pay the tax. And both the U.S. and China will suffer.

Facts are stubborn things.