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Americans cant buy food.....they taxed to death to support the people were trying to support! Do some research and leaen how things work

It's time for the American people to make their own food, cut their own grass, clean up their own shit

Wat an idiotic take.. foreigners despise us because we act like the same how we act in india. No traffic manners, cleanliness, playing loud music in quite neighborhood, hoarding surplus food from food bank. Can go on. We need to learn civic behavior first

That promise about food prices......well its hard to control when you cant control yourself.

United States Imports from Colombia was US$16.96 Billion during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Imports from Colombia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on January of 2025.\nUnited States Imports from Colombia\tValue\tYear\nMineral fuels, oils, distillation products\t$7.19B\t2023\nPearls, precious stones, metals, coins\t$1.86B\t2023\nLive trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers\t$1.57B\t2023\nCoffee, tea, mate and spices\t$1.42B\t2023\nCommodities not specified according to kind\t$672.77M\t2023\nAluminum\t$637.48M\t2023\nEdible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons\t$422.14M\t2023\nElectrical, electronic equipment\t$296.99M\t2023\nMiscellaneous edible preparations\t$232.35M\t2023\nPlastics\t$219.92M\t2023\nSugars and sugar confectionery\t$210.41M\t2023\nFish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates\t$161.84M\t2023\nVegetable, fruit, nut food preparations\t$142.83M\t2023\nArticles of apparel, not knit or crocheted\t$138.16M\t2023\nArticles of iron or steel\t$123.48M\t2023\nArticles of apparel, knit or crocheted\t$119.17M\t2023\nAnimal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products\t$113.76M\t2023\nGlass and glassware\t$100.87M\t2023\nSoaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes\t$100.15M\t2023\nSalt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement\t$90.57M\t2023\nPaper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board\t$72.53M\t2023\nOrganic chemicals\t$71.70M\t2023\nFurniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings\t$70.78M\t2023\nMiscellaneous chemical products\t$70.75M\t2023\nMachinery, nuclear reactors, boilers\t$67.83M\t2023\nOther made textile articles, sets, worn clothing\t$63.70M\t2023\nCereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products\t$58.97M\t2023\nRubbers\t$47.42M\t2023\nProducts of animal origin\t$41.92M\t2023\nMiscellanneous manufactured articles\t$41.83M\t2023\nEssential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toileteries\t$36.39M\t2023\nWorks of art, collectors' pieces and antiques\t$34.02M\t2023\nCeramic products\t$31.89M\t2023\nCocoa and cocoa preparations\t$29.24M\t2023\nOil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits\t$25.71M\t2023\nEdible vegetables and certain roots and tubers\t$23.51M\t2023\nVehicles other than railway, tramway\t$22.54M\t2023\nPharmaceutical products\t$20.47M\t2023\nBeverages, spirits and vinegar\t$20.14M\t2023\nImpregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric\t$18.21M\t2023\nResidues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder\t$18.06M\t2023\nStone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials\t$17.35M\t2023\nPrinted books, newspapers, pictures\t$15.83M\t2023\nOptical, photo, technical, medical apparatus\t$15.55M\t2023\nIron and steel\t$15.47M\t2023\nMeat, fish and seafood preparations\t$14.51M\t2023\nArticles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good\t$14.36M\t2023\nAlbuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes\t$14.06M\t2023\nInorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope\t$14.05M\t2023\nWood and articles of wood, wood charcoal\t$12.40M\t2023\nToys, games, sports requisites\t$12.28M\t2023\nTanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments\t$12.27M\t2023\nFootwear, gaiters and the like,\t$10.61M\t2023\nMilling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten\t$10.38M\t2023\nTools, implements, cutlery of base metal\t$9.72M\t2023\nShips, boats, and other floating structures\t$8.34M\t2023\nDairy products, eggs, honey, edible products\t$7.14M\t2023\nManmade filaments\t$5.70M\t2023\nRaw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather\t$5.14M\t2023\nMiscellaneous articles of base metal\t$4.79M\t2023\nCopper\t$4.11M\t2023\nFurskins and artificial fur, manufactures\t$4.10M\t2023\nCarpets and other textile floor coverings\t$3.60M\t2023\nHeadgear and\t$3.58M\t2023\nAircraft, spacecraft\t$1.83M\t2023\nWadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage\t$1.40M\t2023\nSpecial woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry\t$1.29M\t2023\nLive animals\t$1.17M\t2023\nKnitted or crocheted fabric\t$1.08M\t2023\nFertilizers\t$938.13K\t2023\nOres slag and ash\t$857.82K\t2023\nTobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes\t$478.77K\t2023\nRailway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment\t$475.06K\t2023\nManufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork\t$464.70K\t2023\nVegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products\t$451.42K\t2023\nArms and ammunition, parts and accessories\t$385.5K\t2023\nBase metals not specified elsewhere, cermets.\t$281.07K\t2023\nBird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair\t$190.40K\t2023\nLac, gums, resins\t$169.96K\t2023\nMusical instruments, parts and accessories\t$120.13K\t2023\nNickel\t$117.08K\t2023\nUmbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips\t$89.80K\t2023\nClocks and watches\t$54.95K\t2023\nCereals\t$46.18K\t2023\nManmade staple fibers\t$33.78K\t2023\nCotton\t$30.58K\t2023\nVegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric\t$10.97K\t2023\nWool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric\t$2K\t2023\nLead\t$529.50K\t2022\nPulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste\t$286.12K\t2022\nMeat and edible meat offal\t$29.48K\t2022\nTin\t$6.46K\t2022\nSilk\t$4.44K\t2022\nCork and articles of cork\t$2.85K\t2022\nPhotographic or cinematographic goods\t$2.39K\t2022\nExplosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics\t$47.00K\t2021\nZinc\t$5.14K\t2019

Fresh fruits amd food from colombia not GMOs

I think its great , we may pay more for food but wait we have california who exports food . Maybe they should trade it for federal fire aid.

Trump doesn't care about no trade wars the us produces food and they can just get the food from other countries like they already do

China offered to Colombia buy all food with 0 tariffs. The problem is for us the food increase.

Colombian coffee prices just went up by 37%, coffee beans are now gonna get expensive. Trump thank you for making us pay more for coffee, food and gas.

Hmm, I wonder which other goods Colombia is sending besides tropical foods...

He has no clue, that the tariff, put on Columbian goods, would be a cost to USA consumers. Many businesses in America, remain dependent on Columbian immigrants. Food supply chains, would be interrupted.

We don’t need food and who cares that we have a trade surplus with Columbia. You’re just gonna have to pay more money for your bananas and your other tropical fruits or start eating American fruits.

Ha ha, what a joke this is… MAGA, about to get some serious cost increases in food ???

Agree they should not come in illegally but legal or not let's just put the facts out there mexicans do not get free housing or food stamps. The Cubans, porta Ricans, and Venezuela people get those benefits it guess what the US gave the visa green cards so we should be telling our government to stop given visas out like candy. Also remember there is lots of nationality they are all not all Mexicans.

I'm an Indian american immigrant stood in line for over a decade to get USC. We as a country can give up bananas and whatever else comes from these countries, there is enough food here to survive etc, it is matter of month or so before the country realizes they can not survive but USA needs to be cleaned up from illegal immigrants period.

BUT Trump said he would bring food prices down. He lied to us.

correction Americans have been hit with Tariffs from Trump. food product prices going up.

CNN is really bad news to take them from. ? I voted for Trump cause u need a cucu to deal with cucus that’s how politics are, and Trump did that well. For anyone mad bout the boarder, how would u feel if strangers came into ur home and lived off ur food and etc but ur kids who were born in ur house gotta pay. That’s wat the US was under Biden

So much for lower food prices #ThanksTrump ???

Start growing your own food asap.

We let this shit happen that when you want to give free money housing health able to pop out 10 kids and pay for everyone , while we the tax payers have to eat it and stay quiet . We the legal business owner have to settle for what ever we are offered for a job to get by cause there is always someone gonna do it for 10 times less when it could be paid to the people the holds licenses. We don’t get money in the back or a card every month for food we are denied , am vets a getting the bear minimum, and the piece of food is not changing ,

Print off stickers and put them on foods affected. Trump did that!! <---$$$??

lot of these food products coming into America are very toxic for example coffee the king of toxins.

WHAT ABOUT FOOD PRICES!?

Go home and Demand your leaders back home to support your family rights freedom protection food shelter school and jobs the same way you all voted for charges here do the same back home stop running from your country and fight to build it to be the greatest country for yourself and you will never have to go through this in your life again man will fail you but God will never forsake you it's a sign time run out you all got court in the change you all voted for against your self this is f up why did you all vote for trump knowing he's a man to his word whether he's right or wrong his going to get his way because you all give him the right to do what ever he wants to do with your life in God we continue to trust hallelujah amen ??

Yesterday Trump worked to get you $5 tomatoes. 75% of farmworkers didn't show up to harvest food that stupid conservatives eat. These are stupid people. How 48 coffees are withing sight. If you were in Europe you can import the coffee that would have gone to the US. Each days more people hate America. Soon, China will control Latin America.

Dunce dunce trump America don’t grow lot’s food Americans going to suffer every country must stop importing food to America n see what happens to this U SA !

Trump needs to cut off ALL WELFARE FOR THESE ILLEGALS!! GO after EVERY NGO that is funding this- no more!! No more money, housing, food stamps, etc. for ILLEGAL CRIMINALS!! IF They're HERE ILLEGALLY, THEY ARE CRIMINALS!!

Very soon the american voters that vote for bully Trump .Will realicé the stupid desiccion that they make ...they don't understand what his food that they are eaten very soon Will be Discovery ...\nThe ignorance is bold...

Americans will be going on a forced diet , food /groceries prices about to skyrocket . Between the large % of field workers afraid of I.C.E. so not going to work ,produce is rotting , so shortages will be huge and then tariffs starting Feb 1st . Thanx MAGA for putting this dangerous buffoon and dictator wannabe in The Oval Office . Your chosen ignorance affects ALL Americans who now must pay the consequences of your hatred and stupidity . Stop chanting “ We won Libs, get over it .”

Don't worry people you don't even know what you import from Colombia, cause food isn't the problem. Cause USA has tons of food, but poor Starbucks ... I guess coffee is going to be a luxury again in the USA.

i did the math. one flight had 80 migrants. 25k per hour C17 fuel cost. roughly 600mph, 8 hour round trip. not counting personnel and maintenance. 400k round trip. 5k per migrant. WTF. Why would you not use commercial flights. How has the media not spotted this glaring expenditure? Insane.................... Not even talking about tariffs now.......... Cost to US citizens food. WTF.

foods and goods are about to sky rocket in the us

How is this going to make food more affordable for average Americans?

Get ready for increase in food prices

Food going to be to expensive with all trumps tarrif

There are other sources of food produce. Colombia produces coal, some coming to the USA, but the USA has its own coal, therefore a tariff on Colombian goods could be good for the USA coal industry.

These people have no idea how supply and demand works. The companies importing those food products will simply buy them from Ecuador or another nation in Central or Sputh America.

Looks like AMERICA WILL FINAL SEE THE PRICE OF TARIFFS \nYOUR COFFEE IS GOING COST X8 A CUP..YOU DRUGS WILL GO THOUGH THE ROOF ,SO ENJOY\nTHE FOOD YOU IMPORT YOU CAN NOW FORGET IT ,NEVER MIND YOU STILL CAN EAT YOUR EGGS \n\nOR DID YOU FORGET THEIR EXPENSIVE

Yeah you can get all those foods from other countries.... big deal!

According to the NYT and Washington Post, Trump's punishment is much more drastic than this CNN video protrays due to the nature of Colombian economy and exports. Colombia is gonna get crushed if this continues. \n\nColombia is nuts for taking on Trump, what did they think Trump was gonna do to them? Flowers and food can be easily imported from other countries. And Trump loves to make an example out of people.

Oh dear...can we assume that Columbia will continue or begin trading with other countries leaving us with shortage of food etc?

So u CNN guys care more abt coffee and food than the destruction drugs and the harm that thz illegal aliens and gangs cause the US..good job! ???

How is it possible that they are saying deportation numbers were higher during Biden administration, yet we have been faced with the worst immigration crisis in the history of our country? Also, I would never want to sour any relationship with any country but I solute our President for being a nonsense approach and defend his country from criminals. My God, can you imagine what scum we had amongst us, if even their country doesn’t want them. I can live without Colombian food. They can stuff it up where the sun doesn’t shine. I’m only heartbroken for the people who have families there who will now suffer because they’re communicating and visiting will be greatly affected. And this is why Trump calls these assholes terrorists. Because of these assholes families are held hostage by not being allowed to have physical contact with each other.

They sell many food, minerals, and oils in this country. Maybe Trump will just send them back. We don't need their food.

This man is gonna kill us all, have us fighting in the streets for food ?\nHe needs serious mental help.\nA rubber room, with a jacket that hugs you back.\nHe is a danger to humanity.

United States Imports from Colombia\tValue\n\t \nMineral fuels, oils, distillation products\t$7.19B\t \nPearls, precious stones, metals, coins\t$1.86B\t \nLive trees, plants, bulbs, roots, cut flowers\t$1.57B\t \nCoffee, tea, mate and spices\t$1.42B\t2023 \nCommodities not specified according to kind\t$672.77M\t \nAluminum\t$637.48M\t2023 \nEdible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons\t $422.14M\t \nElectrical, electronic equipment\t$296.99M\t \nMiscellaneous edible preparations\t$232.35M\t \nPlastics\t$219.92M\t2023 \nSugars and sugar confectionery\t$210.41M\t \nFish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatics invertebrates\t$161.84M\t \nVegetable, fruit, nut food preparations\t$142.83M\t \nArticles of apparel, not knit or crocheted\t$138.16M\t \nArticles of iron or steel\t$123.48M\t \nArticles of apparel, knit or crocheted\t$119.17M\t \nAnimal, vegetable fats and oils, cleavage products\t$113.76M\t \nGlass and glassware\t$100.87M\t2023 \nSoaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes\t$100.15M\t \nSalt, sulphur, earth, stone, plaster, lime and cement\t$90.57M\t \nPaper and paperboard, articles of pulp, paper and board\t$72.53M\t \nOrganic chemicals\t$71.70M\t \nFurniture, lighting signs, prefabricated buildings\t$70.78M\t \nMiscellaneous chemical products\t$70.75M\t \nMachinery, nuclear reactors, boilers\t$67.83M\t \nOther made textile articles, sets, worn clothing\t$63.70M\t \nCereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products\t$58.97M\t \nRubbers\t$47.42M\t \nProducts of animal origin\t$41.92M\t \nMiscellaneous manufactured articles\t$41.83M\t \nEssential oils, perfumes, cosmetics, toiletries\t$36.39M\t \nWorks of art, collectors' pieces and antiques\t$34.02M\t \nCeramic products\t$31.89M \nCocoa and cocoa preparations\t$29.24M\t \nOil seed, oleagic fruits, grain, seed, fruits\t$25.71M\t \nEdible vegetables and certain roots and tubers\t$23.51M\t \nVehicles other than railway, tramway\t$22.54M\t \nPharmaceutical products\t$20.47M\t \nBeverages, spirits and vinegar\t$20.14M\t \nImpregnated, coated or laminated textile fabric\t$18.21M\t \nResidues, wastes of food industry, animal fodder\t$18.06M\t \nStone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials\t$17.35M\t \nPrinted books, newspapers, pictures\t$15.83M\t \nOptical, photo, technical, medical apparatus\t$15.55M\t \nIron and steel\t$15.47M\t \nMeat, fish and seafood preparations\t$14.51M \nArticles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good\t$14.36M\t \nAlbuminoids, modified starches, glues, enzymes\t$14.06M\t \nInorganic chemicals, precious metal compound, isotope\t$14.05M\t \nWood and articles of wood, wood charcoal\t$12.40M\t \nToys, games, sports requisites\t$12.28M\t \nTanning, dyeing extracts, tannins, derivatives, pigments\t$12.27M\t \nFootwear, gaiters and the like,\t$10.61M\t \nMilling products, malt, starches, inlin, wheat gluten\t$10.38M\t \nTools, implements, cutlery of base metal\t$9.72M\t \nShips, boats, and other floating structures\t$8.34M \nDairy products, eggs, honey, edible products\t$7.14M \nManmade filaments\t$5.70M\t2023 \nRaw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather\t$5.14M\t \nMiscellaneous articles of base metal\t$4.79M\t \nCopper\t$4.11M\t \nFurskins and artificial fur, manufactures\t$4.10M\t \nCarpets and other textile floor coverings\t$3.60M\t \nHeadgear and\t$3.58M\t \nAircraft, spacecraft\t$1.83M\t \nWadding, felt, nonwovens, yarns, twine, cordage\t$1.40M\t \nSpecial woven or tufted fabric, lace, tapestry\t$1.29M \nLive animals\t$1.17M\t \nKnitted or crocheted fabric\t$1.08M\t \nFertilizers\t$938.13K\t \nOres slag and ash\t$857.82K\t \nTobacco and manufactures tobacco substitutes\t$478.77K\t \nRailway, tramway locomotives, rolling stock, equipment\t$475.06K\t \nManufacturers of plaiting material, basketwork\t$464.70K\t \nVegetable plaiting materials, vegetable products\t$451.42K\t \nArms and ammunition, parts and accessories\t$385.5K\t \nBase metals not specified elsewhere, cermets.\t$281.07K\t \nBird skin, feathers, artificial flowers, human hair\t$190.40K\t \nLac, gums, resins\t$169.96K\t \nMusical instruments, parts and accessories\t$120.13K\t \nNickel\t$117.08K\t \nUmbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips\t$89.80K\t \nClocks and watches\t$54.95K\t \nCereals\t$46.18K\t2023 \nManmade staple fibers\t$33.78K \nCotton\t$30.58K\t2023 \nVegetable textile fibers not specified elsewhere, paper yarn, woven fabric\t$10.97K \nWool, animal hair, horsehair yarn and fabric\t$2K\t \nLead\t$529.50K\t \nPulp of wood, fibrous cellulosic material, waste\t$286.12K\t \nMeat and edible meat offal\t$29.48K\t \nTin\t$6.46K\t \nSilk\t$4.44K\t \nCork and articles of cork\t$2.85K\t \nPhotographic or cinematographic goods\t$2.39K\t \nExplosives, pyrotechnics, matches, pyrophorics\t$47.00K\t \nZinc\t$5.14K

We don’t need their food, our farmers can easily produce food for America but they need us to buy their food. ?

It sounds like tariffs are being used to fit his pocketbook (Trump's) and not the average consumer who will be paying sticker shock prices for coffee, tea and other foods.