AOC gave her take on the Trump-Petro feud in an X post on Sunday. (Reuters)
In an X post on Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez insisted that American consumers are the only party that pay tariffs.
"To ‘punish’ Colombia, Trump is about to make every American pay even more for coffee," the New York congresswoman said in a post. "Remember: WE pay the tariffs, not Colombia."
"Trump is all about making inflation WORSE for working class Americans, not better," she added. "He’s lining the pockets of himself and the billionaire class."
Petro appeared to be a fan of AOC's post, reposting it on his own X account.
While tariffs do have the potential to inflate prices, the importer, which is the company or entity bringing the goods into the U.S., will pay the actual tariff to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
But inflated prices are not guaranteed – sometimes, tariffs can reduce the world price of an object as suppliers rush to retain access to the large U.S. market. It is possible that coffee suppliers in different countries, such as Vietnam and Brazil – which produce more coffee than Colombia – would lower or maintain their prices.
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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro offered up his own presidential plane for deportation flights after Trump threatened the country with tariffs and more. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
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Fox News Digital's Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report.
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