The Reddit Small Business Community is frightened by Trump’s rates

President Donald Trump doubts doubtfully that he wants to be a America’s working class champion, but his new commercial policies seem to be more likely to kill small business and get many working men and women out of work.

In fact, Trump’s tariff policies are not just terrifying Wall Street. They also scare the owners of a small business as can be seen from sudden nonsense from comments to Reddit’s r/smallbusiness subredditS It can be seen there that the owners of small businesses are seen to fall apart from everything – from an increase of imported obligations to the increased costs that they will have to transfer to their customers.

An obvious owner of a business who recently ordered aluminum parts of China has expressed surprise to the sudden escalation in import fees. The Eopcido user wrote:

We have a small business and we ordered aluminum parts worth $ 3,380 from China. Parts entered the United States on 3/31/25. DHL requires $ 2.483.21 for “duty import” or will they send back the parts 5 days … Can this be right?

The commentator explained the recently added cost of the business owner: “You can expect to add 34% to all future orders, with an additional 50% increase after this week. This brings the overall increase in potential to 156.5%.”

“If everyone has not yet understood it, Trump and who don’t want us to buy anything from China anymore,” said another commentator.

Another Redditor who said they own a retail store, explained how Expected import prices could completely increase their business: “We are looking at 20%every 20%everywhere,” they said, apparently forwarding an increase in prices. “This will absolutely destroy my business. I am super worried.” Keep in mind that these comments came before China add An additional 84 percent tariff Tuesday night.

Background-pik389, He said that Their bamboo clothing business “will probably have to close” due to the exponential increase in costs encouraged by tariffs:

Does anyone have US manufacturers? I am devastated that all my hard work will be removed from below. I just pressed my order from 10,000 last week and I don’t know what to do now. My store is too small to take the price of all this, but I know that raising prices is not possible, as our costs of living are about to go astronomically high.

Another consumer, Coachellahopefull, explained his own difficulty with European business imports he had built:

My uncle has pottery in Poland, my mother and I who wholesale the product here in the United States for the last 20 years. We were holding our breath in anticipation to see what the tariffs would be. It seems to be 20% for European products. We currently have 2 containers on the road to the United States, 50% of the product is already for sale and we cannot change the prices for it. It will be so harmful to our company and I just don’t know what we should do.

Many users have discussed Adding linear items “Tariff fee” For their revenues, so that customers understand the increased prices are the result of the economic policies of the Trump administration, not at arbitrary prices. In the thread of the owner of a small business, a commentator said: “Let people know that these are the faucets of your higher prices. If this is true, it conveys some of you to the administration, which can help change things. Many people do not watch the news and they need to know that it directly affects them.”

A misinformed user made the unfortunate decision to Create a post Asking colleagues R/Smallbusiness Redditors whether they think Trump’s tariffs will “help small business owners.” The retribution was ruthless and fast.

“LOL,” one user publishes. “Lmfao.”

“This is a dull fucking question,” another cut.

“It will definitely help some businesses,” another added. “Mainly lawyers and entrepreneurs of bankruptcy.”