Honest question - can you not get these products from other stores or do all of them source products from Mexico and China? If so, it does seem like DOGE and other price saving initiatives will be closer to a net 0.
https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-cars-automakers-trump-can...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/04/business/econ...
In many cases, the U.S. no longer has manufacturing capacity in certain markets so the most likely outcome is simply that prices go up or manufacturing shifts to other countries like Vietnam, especially in an uncertain economic climate where companies aren’t jumping to take on debt chasing demand which could disappear at any time.
One other area where we don’t have alternatives: Mexican agriculture - their growing season is longer and that means American consumers either aren’t getting things out of season or are paying more for things like greenhouse crops.
You cannot go into a large org and understand what is and is not working in a few weeks. DOGE has been sloppy and largely more political theater this far