MrBeast attacks Trumps brutal tariffs, claims itll be way cheaper to make his Feastables chocolate bars overseas

MrBeast is the latest high-profile figure to attack President Trump’s punitive tariffs, which he says will make it “way cheaper” to produce his ethically sourced chocolate brand Feastables overseas.“Ironically because of all the new tariffs it is now way cheaper to make our chocolate bars we sell globally NOT in America,” the YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, wrote on X on Tuesday.Donaldson noted it would be cheaper to produce his popular candy abroad because “other countries don’t have a 20%+ tariff on our cogs.”Feastables products are “designed” in Donaldson’s hometown of Greenville, North Carolina, and produced in Peru and the US, according to the brand’s website.While Donaldson claimed his brand pays farmers a living wage and uses fair trade certified beans, he admitted the “random price hike was pretty brutal.”“We’ll figure it out.I feel for small businesses though.

Could really be a nail in the coffin for them,” he wrote....