Maybe it was the timing.

Just one week ago, it was possible for long-suffering home industry execs to believe that the chaos of hot tariff summer was over, import duties were set, and everyone could get back to the business come fall. A relaxing late-summer weekend beckoned. Then, posting to Truth Social at 4:19 p.m. on Friday, August 22, President Trump unleashed a surprise twist.

“I am pleased to announce that we are doing a major Tariff Investigation on Furniture coming into the United States,” he wrote. “Within the next 50 days, that Investigation will be completed, and Furniture coming from other Countries into the United States will be Tariffed at a Rate yet to be determined. This will bring the Furniture Business back to North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, and States all acr

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