MrBeast Criticizes Trump's Tariffs, Citing Rising Costs and Overseas Shift

The YouTube star warns that the new tariffs, now in effect, are driving production overseas and could devastate small businesses.

President Trump's global tariffs, effective April 9, 2025, have raised production costs for U.S. businesses and caused global market disruptions.
MrBeast, a prominent YouTuber and entrepreneur, criticized the tariffs as 'brutal' and a potential 'nail in the coffin' for small businesses.
The tariffs have made it significantly cheaper for MrBeast's Feastables chocolate bars to be produced overseas, undermining domestic manufacturing efforts.
MrBeast highlighted how the policy has led to a steep price hike on cocoa, compounding costs for his ethically sourced and fair trade-certified products.
Trump defends the tariffs as a strategy to boost domestic production and create jobs, but retaliatory actions by other nations and market instability have raised concerns.