• The global supply chain block is leading to months-long backlogs on popular items like toys and electronics
  • Some of the items that won’t make it out of Chinese warehouses are dolls and toys like Tonka Trucks
  • A White House supply chain task force official told Reuters some shoppers will be disappointed come Christmas
  • Some of the coveted items on back order are L.O.L. Dolls, many of which are stuck in China 
  • The Toy Association has been warning people since September to start stocking up on Christmas gifts
  • The ongoing supply chain problems is driving inflation and in turn, raising the price of goods
  • One White House official said: ‘We recognize that it has pinched families who are trying to get back to some semblance of normalcy’
  • But Biden is adamant the economy is doing well, despite poor jobs numbers and rising inflation 
  • Republicans are anticipating ‘Biden’s blue Christmas’ because of the rising inflationÂ