--- title: Trump Import Tax: Guacamole Twitter Reactions description: After the news that President Trump is considering a 20% tax on all imports from Mexico broke, many took to Twitter to voice their concerns. canonical: https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-27T17:04:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:31.874Z og:title: The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole og:description: This would definitely make it extra og:url: https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole twitter:description: This would definitely make it extra twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2017 5:04 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2017 5:04 PM UTC After the news that [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/) is considering a [tax-reform bill that could involve a 20% tax on all imports from Mexico](http://time.com/4650732/donald-trump-mexico-border-wall-pay/) to pay for a [U.S.-Mexico border wall](http://time.com/4651464/mexico-donald-trump-boycott-protests/) broke Thursday, many took to Twitter to voice their concerns over the proposal. The social media site became awash with tweets questioning what the increase would mean for trade relations between the two countries, as well as the cost of popular Mexican food products. People seemed to specifically be freaking out that the potential tariff could result in a price hike for avocados and, in turn, everyone’s favorite party dip, guacamole. “Mess with the price of tequila and guacamole just before the Super Bowl and you’ve gone too far,” one user tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/LinBrehmer/status/824727717677506560) Others shared similar sentiments. > [](https://twitter.com/AmoiBlake/status/825002574696894464) > [](https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/824775706123071488) > [](https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/824455038525255680) > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/824846380543856640) > [](https://twitter.com/chefmarcela/status/824741359181443072) > [](https://twitter.com/MrTommyCampbell/status/824727249479884800) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole","datePublished":"2017-01-27T17:04:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:31.874Z","description":"This would definitely make it extra","url":"https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Internet","Mexico","Donald Trump","President Donald Trump","border wall"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4651735/trump-import-tax-reactions/","name":"The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole"}}]}] ```