🇺🇸 The Trump Tax: Why I’m Charging 35% More to Trump Voters (Just Kidding… Maybe)

🇺🇸 The Trump Tax: Why I’m Charging 35% More to Trump Voters (Just Kidding… Maybe)

Because if absurdity is policy, I might as well join the game.

This week, Donald Trump announced a 30% tariff on goods from Europe. Starting August 1st, if you’re an artisan, a cheesemaker, a Leica dealer, or a photographer working across borders — congratulations, you’re now officially part of a trade war.

I’ve decided it’s time for some personal diplomacy.

As of today, if you’re an American client, and you also happen to be a Trump supporter… your photography workshop now comes with a 35% “Trump Tax.”

Why 35%?

Because if we’re making up numbers to punish friends and partners, I want to play too.

Let’s be honest — I’ve spent decades photographing the beautiful mess of Europe and the even more beautiful mess of America. I’ve worked in conflict zones, crossed real borders with real risk, and watched the world grow closer through creativity, art, and shared stories.

And now a man who’s never carried a camera or a tripod in his life is telling us that art, collaboration, and culture should cost more — just because it comes from “over there.”

Well, fine. Here’s my version.

🧾 The New Pricing Chart (Satirical Edition):

• 🇺🇸 Americans who voted for Trump: +35%
  
• 🇺🇸 Americans who voted for Biden but own a MAGA mug “ironically”: +15%
  
• 🇺🇸 Americans who bring up politics during a sunrise shoot: +10%
  
• 🇺🇸 Americans who just want to learn photography and enjoy Europe: 0%
  

But seriously.

No, I’m not actually raising prices on my workshops based on voting records. That would be as ridiculous as slapping a 30% tax on a Moleskine, a bottle of Barolo, or a street photographer from Venice.

But here’s what is serious:

This kind of posturing hurts real people. It hurts small businesses, artists, and travellers. It turns collaboration into confrontation. And for those of us who build bridges across cultures with a camera instead of a hammer, it’s just exhausting.

So here’s my actual offer:

If you’re curious, open-minded, and passionate about learning, come shoot with me. No tariffs. No borders. No nonsense.

Just good photography, good light, and perhaps a Select Spritz if you’re nice.

Let the politicians build walls. I’ll keep pointing my lens through them.

📸 P.S.

If you’re reading this and you are a Trump supporter, don’t worry — you’re still welcome. But I may ask you to carry my tripod as a symbolic gesture of international labour cooperation. Deal?

DISCLAIMER. No Trump supporters were actually overcharged (YET) in the making of this blog post. This is satire,  unless absurd policies keep spreading, in which case… anything’s possible.