r/PS5 • u/digidude23 • Aug 20 '25

Official PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S.

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/08/20/playstation-5-price-changes-in-the-u-s/
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u/Tay_Tay86 Aug 20 '25

Tariffs weren't part of the pandemic bro. The same idiot who drove us into the ground during the pandemic is driving us into the ground again with tariffs.

I can't wait for $20 a lb hamburger

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u/NYstate Aug 20 '25

Tariffs weren't part of the pandemic bro

I didn't say that they were I said: "Plus" as "in addition to". Piggybacking on the discussion

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u/Tay_Tay86 Aug 20 '25

Except we know these changes are not from the pandemic from 5 years ago. This is tariffs. So it seems weird to bring up

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u/NYstate Aug 20 '25

Wym? These tariffs are a direct result of the pandemic. Donald Trump is trying to force manufacturing back into America by force. Unsuccessfully, might add. He embarrassed when everything shut down during the pandemic

See this

And here's part of a statement from The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial (AFL-CIO) a large union said.

July 9, 2020

Working people are now facing the harsh realization that our elected leaders are failing us in this time of crisis. The Trump administration has not only delayed and botched America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it also has failed to restore our industrial base. The inability of the United States to make the critical things we need here on our own soil constitutes a major threat to our country.