Walmart pledges to ‘keep prices as low as we can’ after swipe from Trump

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Walmart walked back its projection that it would hike prices across its stores after President Donald Trump called out the retailer.

In its last earnings call with investors, the retailer blamed tariffs for anticipated losses. Trump instead suggested that Walmart not pass the cost of tariffs down to consumers, as it made a larger profit than expected last year. Walmart has since retracted the comment.

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