• tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Supreme Court gonna slap his ass over these tariffs now that he made that move. It defeats every argument his legal team presented to the court. He’s literally running on one orange brain cell.

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      I’m pretty sure they were going to do that anyway just because it will be a huge windfall for businesses who were able to pass tariff costs along to consumers but will be the only ones getting refunded anyway, but, yeah, Trump’s aggressive idiocy is really making it easy for them

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        Yeah that could give him the boost he needs to ride the economy to the midterms. It will take a very long time to get to the same level of tariffs if they can’t use IEEPA.

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      14 hours ago

      Nah, they’re going to find some way to let it slide. They’re already bought and paid for

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        16 hours ago

        i still can’t fucking believe they got away with stealing obama’s nomination for scotus because “6 months left of term” or whatever bullshit, and then were more than happy to give trump his nominee in the same situation

        we are so fucked

  • the Howling North@lemmy.ca
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    “Let me take over or I’ll tax my own citizens!” Interesting bargaining tactic. Let’s see how it plays out.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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      17 hours ago

      Its like promising to rob an abandoned bank by threatening to kick yourself in the testicles unless bystanders break open the vault and hand you the cash that hasn’t been there in a decade.

  • nocteb@feddit.org
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    13 hours ago

    How to shoot yourself in the foot:

    The plug is expected to be pulled on Donald Trump’s tariff deal with the EU by the European parliament on Wednesday after the two biggest blocs of MEPs said they would halt the legal ratification process in response the US president’s latest threats.