An iconic 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' clip is going viral as Trump rolls out more tariff plans
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- People are sharing a tariffs-related clip from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" amid Trump's threats.
- The scene highlights the impact of high tariffs on the US economy after the Great Depression.
- Mexico's president has vowed to retaliate against tariffs Trump imposes.
A scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is having a viral moment after President-elect Donald Trump announced new tariff plans.
In the 1986 coming-of-age movie, Bueller's teacher, played by a famously monotone Ben Stein, recounts the impact of high tariffs on the US economy after the Great Depression to a classroom of zoned-out students.
The scene got a boost online after Trump said on Truth Social on Monday that he planned "to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders."
The "Ferris Bueller" clip began going around about a week after the election, but it's recirculating as Trump doubles down on his promise of tariffs.
"This iconic scene with Ben Stein might be 37 years old but feels like essential viewing as we all argue about tariffs," a caption from NowThis Impact reads.
@nowthisimpact ‘Bueller? Bueller?’ — This iconic scene with Ben Stein might be 37 years old but feels like essential viewing as we all argue about tariffs #taxes #trump #economy #films
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In the scene, Bueller's economics teacher explains the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, a Republican-backed law enacted in 1930 that raised tariffs on imported goods.
It was intended to help the US recover from the Great Depression. Instead, it caused countries to implement retaliatory tariffs and sunk the US economy deeper as both exports and imports decreased.
Nearly 100 years later, in response to Trump's announcement, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo vowed to retaliate against tariffs, putting "joint ventures at risk."
"I've never actually processed what was being said by the teacher in this scene until this moment," a comment under a post with the scene's audio said. Others said someone should show it to Trump before he's sworn in.
The clip has struck a chord among people on social media worried about the economy under the tariffs Trump has proposed. Economists have said that they would increase prices and inflation and that many companies would pass the costs on to consumers.
