MrBeast Reveals How Tariffs Are Hitting His Chocolate Bars – And It Might Not Taste So Good To Trump

The hugely popular YouTube star MrBeast has joined a diverse cast speaking out about Donald Trump’s tariffs as he revealed the policy has made it “way cheaper” to manufacture his Feastables chocolates outside the U.S.

MrBeast, also known as Jimmy Donaldson, posted his concerns on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday just hours before a huge raft of new import taxes are due to kick in.

“Ironically because of all the new tariffs it is now way cheaper to make our chocolate bars we sell globally NOT in America because other countries don’t have a 20%+ tariff on our cogs,” wrote MrBeast, whose YouTube channel has more than 380 million subscribers.

MrBeast added, “a random price hike was pretty brutal ngl, but we’ll figure it out.”

“I feel for small businesses though. Could really be a nail in the coffin for them,” he continued.

The Feastables chocolate brand last year generated sales of about $250 million and turned a profit of more than $20 million. The chocolate is produced in both Peru and the U.S.

Trump has repeatedly argued that hiking taxes on imports will stop domestic manufacturing from being squeezed by overseas competitors, claiming it will kickstart a renaissance in American-made goods.

But in recent days, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and even Elon Musk, Trump’s right-hand man, have voiced doubts about the tariffs.

After last week’s stock market collapse, Portnoy said he had lost $7 million “in stocks and crypto,” a figure he estimated on Monday was likely closer to $20 million, or up to 15% of his net worth.

But Portnoy said he plans to stick with Trump, calling him “a smart guy.”

Ackman, a vocal Trump supporter, warned that the U.S. will launch an “economic nuclear war” that may cause investment in America to “grind to a halt” if the president refused to roll back his plans.

Musk reportedly intervened to get the president to reconsider tariffs and used his X platform on Tuesday to blast Trump’s senior trade adviser Peter Navarro, calling him a “moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks.”

Navarro, the architect of Trump’s trade war, disparaged Musk as a “car assembler” who relies on imports of foreign-made parts to build his Tesla electric vehicles.

The tariffs kick into higher gear after midnight. Notably, imports from China will be taxed at an eye-watering 104% rate.

U.S. stocks fell Tuesday after a second day of stunning reversals, as Wall Street veered from hope in the morning toward fear at close because it remains unclear what Trump is attempting to achieve.