Search results for tag #tariffs
Who would’ve thought? Oh yeah, EVERYONE!
#Trump’s #tariffs are hurting #US manufacturers instead of helping them
#law #economy #policy #inflation #labor #employment #business #recession
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-china-030d58f482ce2505721a3ce86820d1da
🇨🇺 #Cuba has restored electricity across all provinces as of a few hours ago.
#DonaldTrump #EpsteinClass #IsraelFirst
#StraitOfHormuz = #Iran #Sanctions
#news #socialmedia #uspol #israel #politics #mastodon #usa #protest @politics @socialmedia #humanrights #war #resistance #gaza #economy #freepalestine #tariffs #icc #eu #protest #canada #military #sanctions #latinamerica #China #Russia @law #education #trump #marcorubio #labour #union #labor #un @workersrights
Sen. Booker: "He insults our allies, imposes steep #tariffs on them, tells them 'we don't need your help'... and then begs for their help to open the #StraitOfHormuz. He is LITERALLY the dumbest president in history." 👍
[not an exact quote, but close.]
#DisasterPresidency #DonnieDumbass #CreamsicleCaligula https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow/watch/monumental-strategic-stupidity-trump-faces-wrath-of-senate-democrats-over-iran-2492388931769
“Indeed, even as #Trump begs in his graceless way for help, his administration is preparing to hit the very nations he is appealing to with another round of #tariffs — tariffs that will be imposed based on an obviously false, bad faith, totally insulting argument” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
@aral Call congress https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
STOP THE MADNESS-STOP THE WAR !
#ICE #Epstein #Democracy #tariffs #Racist #incompetence #IRAN
The USRAEL Main fleet is 1000km off shore, they have come under multiple missile attacks.
The reason the US #navy ships are not escorting tankers is simply because they are unwilling. #iran has Seabees drones, attack speed boats and it's totally plausible for USRAEL fleet to take casualties.
Just a few days ago, the rapist Dotard called Canadian PM "Governor" and the #tariffs still hold. No one wants to help the p*do king.
At this point, the #military calculus is for the fastest opening of #hormuz , is for USRAEL to run back home, rather than extending their illegal war of choice.
Economic growth was *much slower* than expected in the final three months of 2025 while *core inflation rose* to start 2026
#economy #inflation #trump #tariffs #TrumpTariffs #prices #unemployment
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
The European Commission says the European Union will respond firmly if the United States breaches their tariff agreement after new trade investigations announced by the Trump administration. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/eu-respond-firmly-us-trade-probe-tariff-deal-fexumnnp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EU #UnitedStates #TradeWar #GlobalTrade #Tariffs
"Trump administration says it can't comply with order to start tariff refunds"
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/06/trump-tariffs-refunds-cbp
No doubt, this advice came from one of his financial advisors named, "I.M. Bezzle"
The U.S. economy is currently in a perilous state, as Donald Trump’s policies have triggered a series of red flags. The country is on the brink of significant economic disruption and financial hardship, primarily due to Trump’s tariffs and erratic domestic and foreign policies. The Republican Party alone is responsible for the dire situation the nation faces. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/officially-time-worry-trumps-economy-155505962.html #uspol #economy #trump #tariffs #layoffs
⬆️ >> if this sort of shenanigan is no longer viable it gets harder for the assholes…
The 4 #Democrats:
1. #JaredGolden of #Maine
2. #GregLandsman of #Ohio
3. #HenryCuellar of #Texas
4. #JuanVargas of #California
Jared Golden, in particular, seems to be the new #TulsiGabbard of the #DemocraticParty with his voting pattern:
Said “This is not an illegal war…,"
voted against blocking #Trump’s #tariffs, ending #shutdown…
The ‘Buy Canadian’ consumer movement is more than just talk — and now the numbers prove it esp in coffee, fruit juices, travel and stocks.
“Canadians took almost 10 million or 25 per cent fewer trips to the US last year.
The biggest drop was in trips across the border by land which fell by 8.4 million or 30 per cent.
Trips by air were down 1.2 million or 12 per cent.”
https://financialpost.com/news/buy-canadian-not-just-talk-data-proof
Well, if it quacks like a dictator, it must be a dictator. The world just became a more dangerous place. The checks and balances system the US helped to develop after WW2 just went overboard in less than a year.
The good thing that we see here now is that dictators are not forever.
That also goes for Donald J. Trump.
Trump's attack on Iran: Is this 'America first'?
#trump #waggingthedog #Nethanyahu #uspol #tariffs #epstein #warmongering #impeachment #iran
"Over the last 155 years, there have been just six instances in which the CAPE Ratio topped 30, including the present. The previous five occurrences were all eventually followed by 20% or greater declines in one or more of #WallStreet's major stock indexes."
The Motley Fool https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/forget-tariffs-stock-market-crash-092600176.html
#USPolitics #Affordability #Tariffs
Cards Against Humanity gives you your fucking money back!
#Trump #Tariffs #Business #Games
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Cards Against Humanity Gives You Your Fucking Money Back
As you might have heard, Donald Trump loves tariffs. He doesn't ask, he just
tariffs. When you're the President, they let you do it.
In a rare example of the American government still kind of functioning, the Supreme Court has finally declared —after waiting a year for no reason— that
Donald Trump's obviously illegal tariffs are obviously illegal.
But it's too late for you. You already overpaid for everything, because America's
big retailers passed over 90% of their tariff costs onto you, their customers, by
marking everything up. So if you bought Cards Against Humanity stuff from them
over the last year, you likely got fucked.
Now, Corporate America’s preeminent dipshits and douchebags are all lining up
to get their tariff refunds from the government. Something like $200 billion in total. And let's be real: they're keeping that money for themselves. But not Cards
Against Humanity. We're going to give you your fucking money back.
If you overpaid for one of our games, click the button below and fill out the form. Then, when the Trump Administration gives us our tariff refund, we won't keep it: we'll give 100% of the money back to you, our loyal customers, who actually make our business possible.
Love,
Cards Against Humanity
Cards Against Humanity makes one hell of a statement about tariff "rebates" for retailers who already passed the cost onto us.
"No, inflation is not at 1.7 percent;
No, you won’t find gas for $1.85 per gallon;
No, tariffs were not paid by foreign governments;
No, drug prices are not going down."
~ Jennifer Rubin countering Trump's #SOTU lies about the #economy
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #inflation #tariffs #gasoline #drugs #prices
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-rip-roaring-response-to-trumps
"Trump admin ofcls🚨are scrambling to devise legal strategies that could allow the president to🚨retain $Bs in tariff revenue the SC ruled was🚨unlawfully collected.
Early ideas include🚨policies to discourage cos from claiming their refunds, prevent the govt from paying the💰back or otherwise preserve at least some of the tariff rev."
"So, in other words, they're🚨PLANNING TO STEAL IT."
-S Lincicome
#Uprising #Protest #Lawless #TrumpRegime #Fascism #Tariffs #NoKings #USPol
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/trumps-next-tariff-fight-keeping-the-money-00799774
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Trump at the podium, text : Trump’s newer tariff fight: Keeping the money:
#Trump did his usual rote #lying about the #economy — pity the fact-checkers who tried to keep up even in the first 10 minutes or so of the speech — along with some of his other greatest hits, including the many #wars he stopped [🙄] & the magic of #tariffs. (He referred to the “unfortunate involvement” of #SCOTUS on the tariff issue, as if the justices barged into his office like interlopers.)
On #inflation, #immigration, #tariffs & matters of #war & #peace, #Trump presented a frequently distorted account of the state of the nation Tuesday as he claimed a “turnaround for the ages” & myriad achievements that don’t pass scrutiny.
Trump spent the last year boasting of his accomplishments while mocking the record of Joe #Biden. But much of this bluster has been based on #disinformation, which he again fell back on during his #SOTU address.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-state-of-union-87b184f7a38e65fa97d27c05ba2497fa
#Spanberger called Trump’s #tariffs a “massive tax hike on you & your family,” & argued that congressional #Republicans were making life more #expensive & “making it more difficult to see a #doctor” while driving up the costs of #energy & #housing.
And she said that while Trump’s policies were hurting “regular Americans,” they were helping himself & his allies.
"They allowed these acts all while musing that they might later be found to be unconstitutional. They allowed them by issuing unsigned and unexplained rulings through its emergency docket."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #JohnRoberts #immunity #Constitution #ICE #KavanaughStops #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing
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"What does it mean for our democracy when the Supreme Court chooses to empower a president to act beyond the limits of our Constitution for nearly a year? Before you answer that, consider that this Court also empowered the president to fire federal employees and to defund scientific research and to allow his ICE agents to engage in racial profiling."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #JohnRoberts #immunity #Constitution #ICE #KavanaughStops #WhiteSupremacy #EthnicCleansing
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"That Trump usurped Article I powers to aggrandize himself is cause for impeachment and removal. Simply put, he swore an oath to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States, then he violated it, undermined it, and tried to destroy it- all to give himself more coercive powers."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #JohnRoberts #immunity #Constitution
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"The Supreme Court took months to find Trump’s tariffs illegal, as of course they are. Only Congress has the power to tax. It isn’t complicated. Yet the much delayed 6-3 Supreme Court decision is a deeply complicated collection of opinion and dissent. That complexity results from the hash the Roberts Court has made of American jurisprudence."
~ Edwin Eisendrath
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #JohnRoberts #immunity #Constitution
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https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/inside-the-roberts-court-and-its
FedEx is suing the Tangerine Tyrant's administration at the US Court of International Court for repayment of tariffs declared illegal by the US Supreme Court last week (along with a lot of smaller firms).
How this plays out may well be interesting, as Trump is seeking (re)impose these tariffs by different means, the money being claimed has already been 'spent' (in a sense) & Trump may well turnaround to take revenge on FedEX.
It may get very messy!
"What else is a raging, malignant narcissist to do to distract from his many failures at home? There’s child-rape accusations against him in the Epstein files, the sinking economy and his tariff loss from SCOTUS, his 36 percent approval rating with only 19 percent of voters strongly approving of him, etc., etc.!"
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #Epstein #SupremeCourt #tariffs #ApprovalRating
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-war-on-iran-comes-earlier-every
** #Canada Vows Aid for Cuba as Trump Oil Embargo Fuels Humanitarian Disaster**
#Mexico earlier this month also stepped up aid shipments to Cuba during the Trump administration’s oil embargo.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/canada-cuba-aid-package
from #CommonDreams
Brad Reed
Feb 24, 2026
The #Canadian government on Monday announced plans to send #aid to #Cuba, which is currently being squeezed economically by a #US #oil #embargo.
As reported by AP, Foreign Minister Anita Anand revealed that the government is “preparing a plan to assist,” adding that “we are not prepared at this point to provide any details” of what it will entail.
A Canadian aid package to Cuba would be the latest rebuff to US foreign policy. The two long-time allies have been at odds since President Donald #Trump took office last year and slapped hefty #tariffs on Canadian products, while also vowing to make the country into the “51st state” of the US.
#NuestraAméricaConvoy
#OilForCuba!
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#news #politics #USpol
FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling
The shipping company said it was owed refunds for any tariffs it paid under a rule the high court found exceeded the president's authority.
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/fedex-sues-trump-over-tariff-refunds-rcna260350
#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga #tariffs
"The tariff question is going to hang over Trump’s State of the Union speech tonight, and that’s another problem for him. If the past is precedent, we can expect Trump to dig in on tariffs and spend a good chunk of his most high-profile speech defending his least popular policy position."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #StateoftheUnion #ApprovalRating
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https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-stole-your-money-he-wont-give
"The European Parliament halted ratification of a sweeping U.S.–E.U. trade deal after the Supreme Court struck down most of Donald Trump’s tariffs, citing uncertainty over U.S. policy as Trump threatened higher tariffs on countries that 'play games,' triggering market declines in the U.S. and Europe and further straining transatlantic trade relations."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #economy #ApprovalRating
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-companies-sue-trump
"Polls suggest that many Americans are paying close attention to tariffs, Trump’s signature economic policy, blaming him and the tariffs for rising prices everywhere. Many Republicans running in November breathed a sign of relief after the Supreme Court decision, but that relief will likely be short-lived."
~Dan Rather
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #economy #ApprovalRating
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https://steady.substack.com/p/supreme-court-finally-checks-trump
"Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist and former Trump State Department official, thinks the president can’t see the ocean for the waves. 'It’s very possible that the Supreme Court just threw Trump’s economy a life preserver, and the president is refusing it and demanding an anchor. These tariffs economically have not played well into the affordability narrative,' he told Politico."
"The stock market fell sharply today as investors worried about the uncertainty of Trump’s tariff threats and about the implications of AI.
The New York City Bar Association issued a statement condemning Trump’s attacks on the Supreme Court, saying they 'constitute a calculated and dangerous assault on the independence of the judiciary and on our constitutional system of separated powers.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #economy
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-23-2026
"Today House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) acknowledged that Congress has no appetite for levying the tariffs Trump and his MAGA supporters in Congress want."
"Several prominent outlets falsely reported that the Trade Act gives Trump the legal authority to impose temporary tariffs of up to 15% in response to trade deficits." Judd Legum names Axios, Businesss Insider, The Hill, Forbes, CNBC, News Nation.
"These outlets are spreading misinformation about the law."
~ Judd Legum
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #media #ApprovalRating
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https://popular.info/p/trumps-new-tariffs-are-just-as-illegal
"This reporting has created the false impression that the temporary 15% measure is on firmer legal footing than the tariffs that were just struck down by the Supreme Court. In reality, the new tariffs are just as illegal as the ones they replaced."
"Why this desperate attempt to keep tariffs high? A MAGA loyalist would say it’s to preserve what those illegal tariffs have accomplished. But even before they were struck down, the tariffs had achieved none of their stated goals. In fact, they had put those goals further out of reach. ...
It has been clear from the beginning that a primary motivation for tariffs was that they empowered Trump personally."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #ApprovalRating
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-zombie-tariffs
"They allowed him to punish governments he didn’t like, demand subservience from other countries as the price of lower tariffs, and offer waivers and exemptions to companies that put money in his own pocket. And maybe Trump can’t bear the thought of losing that power."
"We could hope that the Supreme Court smacking his hand would serve as a lesson for Trump, but, as his retaliatory 15% global tariff shows, he just won’t learn. We should all remember that when he tries to sell us all a bill of good[s] Tuesday night."
~ April Ryan
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #ApprovalRating #StateoftheUnion
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/americans-and-the-supreme-court-agree
"A bad policy choice was made. The courts say it exceeded legal authority. The costs landed overwhelmingly on consumers. And the refund structure is tilted toward corporations.
This is the moment for a new kind of populist demand.
This is not performative outrage, or a culture-war distraction. It’s a single, simple civic insistence: Return the money to the people who paid it."
~ Lawrence Winnerman
"As we wait for however many months and years of our taxpayer dollars going towards courts telling Trump he can’t do what he just did, as we have for the better part of the past decade of our lives, forward-thinking companies and states are already lining up for a slice of some $133 billion in refunds. Will you, Kevin and Karen Consumer, ever see any of your money again? LOL."
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #ApprovalRating
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https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-gonna-ignore-mean-supreme-court
This Douchebag, U.S. Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer did The Full Ginsberg this morn appearing on Fox, CBS & ABC today defending #DonnieDumbass' #tariffs.
BUT NOT ONCE was he asked the simple question: "WHO PAYS THE TARIFFS?" Because it is quite clear T**** still thinks the foreign exporter does. 🤦♂️
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U.S. Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer.
Farm bankruptcies across the nation jumped in 2025, mostly due to tariffs, inflation, and labor issues.
"We’re in a tenuous moment. Just ahead of the State of the Union, with Epstein and the SCOTUS tariff defeat on his degenerating mind, Donald Trump has moved the largest force deployed since the 2003 Iraq War into position to attack Iran—after claiming he can 'destroy foreign countries.'”
~ Jim Stewartson
#Trump #dementia #Hegseth #Iran #war #Epstein #SupremeCourt #tariffs #StateoftheUnion
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“It took 72 hours🚨for the deal architecture to start unraveling.
India just postponed its trade delegation to DC. The trip was scheduled for Feb 23-25 to finalize the interim deal they negotiated at an 18% #IEEPA rate *no longer exists…
The EU Parl’s trade ch Lange is proposing to freeze ratif of the Turnberry AGR entirely… Called the sit “pure customs chaos.”
Meanwhile 2 carrier strike groups are converging on the Arab…”
-SA Perera
#Tariffs #Economy #Dystopia #USPol
https://shanakaanslemperera.substack.com/p/the-six-clocks-how-a-supreme-court?r=6p7b5o&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
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An image featuring a man with a raised fist in front of a building resembling a courthouse. Bold text reads, "THE SUPREME COURT DETONATED $2.4 TRILLION AND WALL STREET CELEBRATED."
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The image contains a text discussion about legal authority related to trade agreements, specifically referencing Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, its expiration, and implications for international trade and tariffs. The passage highlights various deadlines and regulatory changes impacting trade policies…
It just dawned on me. Orange man bad’s new tariffs he put on in a SCOTUS reaction hissy fit? They aren’t able to be targeted to the same degree as the ones that got thrown out.
So his 10% global tariffs he marked up to 15% a day later apply to FOOD. He had food tariffs last year and TACOd because affordability.
"What Trump is doing is an attempt to repackage a rejected policy under a different label. The lesson from the Supreme Court’s decision should have been that sweeping global tariffs imposed without statutory authority are unlawful. The regime’s response shows that lesson has not been absorbed."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/saturday-afternoon-news-updates-after
"This moment is not only about tariffs. It is about institutional limits, economic stability, and the credibility of American commitments abroad."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
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"Even the demented Trump gets this ruling is not just about tariffs. It’s about reining in an aspiring tyrant."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
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https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/even-a-demented-trump-gets-the-scotus
"(JP Morgan Chase, in an assessment published last April, said it’s the biggest since 1968.)
The Times said the government collected nearly $290 billion in custom duties last year, triple what was collected the year before. Last week, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued a report saying more than 90 percent of that came out of the pockets of American consumers."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
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"(This quarter was shaping up to be worse than the last, as consumer confidence “collapsed” last month to its lowest level since 2014.)
So the court probably stopped Trump from burning up the rest of the American middle class, and sparking a broad-based backlash against him in this year’s midterms, threatening to take his party down with him."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
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“So much of these costs are the results of giving an🚨ECONOMICALLY ILLITERATE PRESIDENT nearly unchecked power over economic policy."
-JB Riedl
A truth-teller,⚡️Reidl calls out the demented, rampaging #Fuhrer for his gross incompetency, & the unrestrained power that GOP MOC have granted him.
#Economy #Tariffs #TradeWar #Uprising #Protest #USPol
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Text from a social media post discussing economic challenges, including tariffs, inflation risks, job creation statistics, and observations on current labor market conditions. The post references a statement made by Jessica Briedl.
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J Reidl is speaking at an event, holding a microphone, and discussing economic issues. The backdrop features the text "Principles First." The speech addresses budget deficits, consumer confidence, and economic policy critiques.
USpol, Trump, fascism, Trade Wars [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
@dalfen Given that this makes the #USA more unpredictable than "P.R." #China, #NorthKorea and #Russia, I'd simply refuse to trade at all with the #US if not #Embargo the USA entirely.
- Because only #Boycott, #Divestment and #Sanctions will work as the last peaceful option against #Trumpism right now…
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/2 - The social media post announcing 15% "worldwide" tariffs, if anyone wants to see. // #USA #US #USpol #trump #tariffs
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Donald J. Trump O®
@realDonald Trump
Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been
"ripping" the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level, During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again - GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President
DONALD J. TRUMP
Feb 21,2026, 10:59 AM
LIVE23:05
"ALEX WITT REPORTS, MSNow
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The Trump admin truly isn't thinking about the small businesses that brought the tariff case to the Supreme Court because of how negatively Trump's broad tariffs affected them (in fact, they are "sleazebags," per #Trump ).
The admin is using #tariffs as leverage to get whatever it wants in world #trade and beyond.
In fact, in the video below, #US Treasury Secretary Scott #Bessent reports that the admin can impose "more draconian" trade embargoes— #SCOTUS said so!
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Here is US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatening to cut off countries or "whole product lines" if anyone reneges on previously-negotiated trade or peace deals.
#USA #US #trade #tariffs #WorldTrade #economics #business #bessent #trump
#Trump announced Saturday that he would raise his new, global #tariff to 15%, a day after he took steps to replicate some of the punishing duties that had been struck down by #SCOTUS.
Trump announced the change in a post on social media, & said the #tariffs would take effect immediately, as he signaled anew that he would press ahead with his #trade war despite the legal ruling.
#law #economy #SeparationOfPowers #Judiciary #legislative #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/business/trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
"By a 6-3 vote on Friday, the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s regime of 'emergency' tariffs, on the grounds that (I am summarizing at a very high level here) federal law does not allow a doddering near-octogenarian to wreak havoc on the global economy by mashing out Truth Social posts from the comfort of a White House toilet seat."
~ Jay Willis
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/the-trump-tariffs-case-is-a-preview
"Put more makeup on to hide the tears, Donald."
~ Greg Dworkin
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #PancakeMakeup #HurtFeeFee #SnitFit
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"Tariffs have been political malpractice for Trump.
They were an inflection point: all CBS polls post-Liberation Day have had him at a negative net approval vs. none beforehand.
All of it for nothing. Rarely have I seen people turn against a policy as fast as they did tariffs."
~ Harry Enten
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://xcancel.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2024893395013976532#m
"I keep seeing people say that the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs will help Trump by taking economic matches from the baby.
That's wrong.
It's almost certainly going to make his political problems worse, because the ruling shines a light on the tariffs, and he is going to use other authorities to raise people's prices."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://xcancel.com/danpfeiffer/status/2024871185243320706#m
"The ruling this Friday is the first time during Trump’s second term that the justices have struck down one of his policies. Not only that, the policy they struck down is Trump’s signature economic policy – he has used tariffs to bash, lord over and terrorize dozens of other countries and make himself the King of the Economic Jungle."
~ Steven Greenhouse
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/21/trumps-global-tariffs-supreme-court
"The Tax Foundation estimated that Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household about $1,000 in 2025. They projected that cost to be $1,300 in 2026. Congress’s Joint Economic Committee–Minority, made up of Democrats, estimates that number to be low. They say the actual cost has been $1,700 per household."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-20-2026
"It was a huge tax increase on the American people, imposed without reference at all to Congress, which is the only government body with the power to raise taxes. Now the Supreme Court has said that the chaos and cost of Trump’s tariffs was for nothing. Trump’s claim of authority to levy tariffs under IEEPA was unconstitutional all along."
"This is a big decision. It goes far beyond merely interpreting the 1997 International Emergency Economic Powers Act not to give Trump the power over tariffs that he claims to have. It reaffirms a basic constitutional principle about the division and separation of powers between Congress and the president."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-supreme-courts-tariff-decision
"On its face, this decision clarifies that Trump cannot decide on his own not to spend money Congress has authorized and appropriated — such as the funds for U.S.A.I.D. he refused to spend. And he cannot on his own decide to go to war."
"The Supreme Court tried to save Trump from his misguided, destructive tariffs. Rather than taking the win by saying, “Thank you,” and then blaming the Court for whatever happens to the economy, Trump did the following:
1. Called the justices 'fools and lapdogs' who were 'unpatriotic and disloyal to the Constitution' and 'an embarrassment to their families.''”
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/10
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-good-day-for-democracy-924
"2. Suggested that some of the justices had been 'swayed by foreign interests.'
3. Immediately imposed a global 10% tariff on all imports."
CNN on Trump’s breakfast meeting with governors when he was given the news in real time: 'Apparently the breakfast had been going well. Then Trump became enraged. He started ranting about the decision, not only calling it a disgrace, but started attacking the courts at one point saying: these fucking courts!'"
~ Ron Filipkowski
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/12
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-312-22026
"The same Supreme Court that gave Trump 'absolute immunity' and a Get Out of Jail Free pass for his numerous crimes now realizes that their flawed weapon. ...
In God We Trust is right there on our bills. You never mess with the color green."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/13
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-authoritarian-monster-turns-on
"Now, Trump is backed into a corner as he’s set to make his State of the Union Address without any major wins and negative double digits on every major issue, including the economy and immigration."
"Whether it is the 'murder-suicide' of destructive economic policies or the moral decay within a royal house, the underlying theme is the same: arrogance. We see leaders who view the state not as a responsibility, but as a 'smash and grab' opportunity. They bank on the short memories of the public, hoping a $1,000 check or a PR blitz will erase years of cruelty and incompetence."
~ Danielle Moodie
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/15
https://daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-cruelty-when-power-collides
"They bank on the short memories of the public, hoping a $1,000 check or a PR blitz will erase years of cruelty and incompetence. But as inflation rises and the truth about systemic abuse comes to light, the public is beginning to realize that 'affordability' and 'justice' aren’t just buzzwords—they are the requirements for a functioning society."
"These tariffs were the greatest abuse of Presidential power and the most consequential policy mistake in American history. Questions of whether we need to take the keys away from someone this reckless, and this much of an impulsive fuck-up, should be getting aired now."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/17
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-tariffs-are-gone-what-comes-next
"Along with the Epstein scandal and the deeply un-American ICE terror campaign, Trump may be on the verge of a legitimacy crisis not just a political and economic one."
"Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for $1,700 refunds per family after the Supreme Court ruled President Trump’s emergency tariffs unconstitutional, arguing residents should be reimbursed for higher costs tied to the levies. Newsom issued a similar demand."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #JBPritzker #GavinNewsom
/19
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-friday-update-trump-allys
"After the Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s emergency tariffs, companies are lining up to recover a share of the roughly $133 billion already collected, with many—including Costco, Revlon and Bumble Bee Foods—having filed lawsuits seeking refunds even before the ruling in hopes of securing priority if the levies were struck down."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/20
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-dozens-of-companies-sue-trump
For the first time, this Supreme Court has definitively ruled against Trump. What will happen next is entirely of its own making. …
For years now, the Supreme Court — and especially Chief Justice John Roberts — has seemed to operate under a quiet theory: If we move carefully, if we temper the language, if we bend just enough, perhaps Trump will not come for us. Perhaps he will leave the court intact."
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/21
https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-the-roberts-court-has-signed
"Perhaps he will see us as an ally, or at least not an enemy.
But Trump does not respect appeasement. He devours it."
"[Merrick] Garland gave the Supreme Court all the time in the world to deliver its wholly ahistorical—and full of more shit than a dog park on top of a horse barn on top of Donald Trump’s diaper at the end of a Taco Trump day—decision that the President is…well, a king. One imagines if Ben Franklin were around, he would’ve found a way to conduct lightning into the Supreme Court building that day."
~ Cliff Schecter
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/23
https://www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-coup-plotters-and-predators
"Essentially, all you need to know is Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett would’ve supported King George in 1776. He had absolute immunity after all! Tax away! Bring more guns to the Boston Massacre next time!"
"Can the Supreme Court stop the monster they unleashed? Are a majority of justices now grasping the danger they have caused from a man who thinks the law does not apply to him and who seeks total power? Or do you think this tariff ruling was not a change of heart, but a one-off response to Trump’s deployment of the emergency powers act?"
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/25
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/can-the-supreme-court-stop-the-monster
"Hours before the court’s ruling came news of the US economy slowing down to a degree much greater than economists expected, because consumers pulled back so sharply. They did so, of course, because Trump’s tariffs scheme amounted to the biggest tax increase of the last three decades, according to the Tax Foundation."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
/26
Simon Rosenberg gathers news media headlines about the Supreme Court's decision on Trump's tariffs.
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/9
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/tariffs-struck-down-live-event-at
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Newspaper headlines announcing the Supreme Court decision about Trump's tariffs
"As many commentators have noted, we are not on the cusp of a constitutional crisis in the United States, we are in an extended vigil for our critically ill Constitution. The coming week might be the point where Trumpism takes the patient off life support and shoots it in the head, however."
~ Timothy Burke
#Trump #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #tariffs #Constitution
/10
"It will all come down to whether Trump outright tells the Supreme Court that he can do as he pleases regardless of any ruling or whether he sends his hatchet men out to announce a new phony legal pretext that allows Trump to do as he pleases on tariffs, hence restarting the litigation clock."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #tariffs #Constitution
/11
"And that will put it back in the court of the hapless John Roberts, who is certainly an accessory to the murder of the Constitution, where he will have to decide whether to go along with the clock restart and wait another year to say once again, 'No, that’s illegal' or whether he will issue a general stay on all tariff setting by Trump until the US Congress fulfills its Constitutionally proper role."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #tariffs #Constitution
/12
"Let me put it in perspective: last year was the worst year for economic growth in the U.S. in the last 9 years, aside from during the COVID pandemic in 2020.
These numbers matter because tariffs do not function the way Trump has long claimed. They are not paid by foreign governments. They are borne by American companies and passed on to American consumers."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #economy #taxes
/13
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/friday-afternoon-news-updates-as-d85
"The Supreme Court told him to quit stealing from Congress and reaffirmed its own ability to engage in judicial review. It is a very important decision, perhaps the most important we’ve seen from the Court since it went the opposite direction and expanded presidential power in the criminal immunity case. Finally, they’ve pumped the brakes on the runaway presidency."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/14
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-context-you-need-to-understand
Today's Supreme Court ruling atttacking Trump's tariffs has brought Leonard Leo, former v-p of the Federalist Society, into the news. Leo is the kingmaker of the current Supreme Court. Leo has stacked the court with hard-right Catholics closely tied to the right-wing Catholic cult Opus Dei, to which Leo belongs.
As Lucian K. Truscott notes, Leo, was behind the tariff lawsuit that Trump lost.
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo
/1
In light of the re-emergence of Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society in the news today, I find this posting by Will Sommer yesterday hilarious:
"After months of turmoil and staff resignations, the conservative Heritage Foundation is hiring a former gay porn actor known for his work in such films as 'Jerk-Off Race.'"
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #CoreyDeAngelis #GayPorn
/2
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:42xlmrvggulmnmlhsszfebku/post/3mf7ubaczbc2s
"According to Donald Trump, several Supreme Court justices are FOOLS, 'LAPDOGS,' and 'very unpatriotic.' I agree — although I think we have different justices in mind.
In his press conference Trump also asserted both that the Court’s ruling against his tariffs was disastrous and that the Court had affirmed his right to do whatever he wants on tariffs. Not sure where the second part came from."
~ Paul Krugman
"The ruling was in fact scathing and said clearly that Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act was a usurpation of taxation authority that belongs to Congress:
'We are therefore skeptical that in IEEPA — and IEEPA alone — Congress hid a delegation of its birth-right power to tax …'
"It was all about arbitrary power."
"Trump has reveled in being able to slap tariffs on Brazil for daring to put Jair Bolsonaro on trial for a failed insurrection, being able to threaten France and Germany with tariffs for getting in the way of his attempt to seize Greenland, and of course giving tariff waivers to businesses that help him build his ballroom."
"The desire for that arbitrary power is why he went for IEEPA despite warnings that it might well be ruled unconstitutional.
And alternatives to IEEPA don’t give him that much arbitrary power.
No wonder, then, that he’s throwing a huge temper tantrum."
"Here’s the thing: It was obvious that they were illegal from the minute Trump imposed them. The Constitution very clearly assigns that sort of power exclusively to Congress. The tariffs were an arbitrary exercise of power well outside the rule of law.
But the mainstream news reporters covering Trump just couldn’t bring themselves to say so."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution #media
/7
https://criticalread.substack.com/p/the-news-media-chose-not-to-tell
"In most democracies Trump’s reckless and wild abuse of power through his tariffs would cause the government to fall or the leader to be removed.
The imposition of these harmful tariffs against the will of Congress, the courts, our allies, and our people are clear grounds for his removal."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #SupremeCourt #tariffs #Constitution
/8
https://bsky.app/profile/simonwdc.bsky.social/post/3mfcqadleqk2p
The penguins on the Heard and McDonald Islands will be relieved now that the Supreme Court has ruled against Trumps tariffs.
I guess this could be considered a reaction to the #SCOTUS ruling on #tariffs∶
#Trump told reporters on Friday that he was considering a limited #military #strike to pressure #Iran into a deal. “I guess I can say I am considering that,” he said at the start of a meeting with #governors at the White House.
#law #war #Congress #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics
#Trump is speaking after #SCOTUS rules against his #tariffs
"The Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing. And I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what's right for our country," said Trump.
#law #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics
#Trump said foreign countries are
celebrating the ruling, but it won't last long.
"Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic. They're so happy, & they're dancing in the streets, but they won't be dancing for long, that I can assure you," said Trump.
He said, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that #SCOTUS has been "swayed by foreign interests & a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."
#law #economy #tariffs #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics
#Trump said that "other alternatives will now be used to replace the ones [#tariffs] that the court incorrectly rejected."
"We have alternatives," Trump said, "could be more money. We'll take in more money & we'll be a lot stronger for it." — if that were at all true, he would have used those methods first.
#law #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics #SCOTUS
#Trump said didn't make sense to him, big surprise.
"I can destroy the trade, I can destroy the country. I'm even allowed to impose a foreign country-destroying embargo. I can embargo. *I can do anything I want*, but I can't charge $1 because that's not what it says," he said.
"How ridiculous is that?"
You are what is ridiculous, idiot.
#law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics #SCOTUS
#Trump quoted Justice Brett #Kavanaugh's dissent, which said the decision might not substantially constrain a president's ability to order #tariffs in the future.
"He's right. In fact, I can charge much more than I was charging," Trump said.
The 3 dissenting justices in the 6-3 ruling were Kavanaugh, who was appointed by Trump to the court, & 2 other conservative justices, Samuel #Alito & #ClarenceThomas.
#law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics #SCOTUS
"Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122, over & above our normal tariffs already being charged," #Trump said referring to section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 — which could let the admin continue its tariffs without #IEEPA emergency powers.
He also said all “national security” tariffs under Section 301 remain in place & several “investigations” will be initiated.
#law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics #Trump #SCOTUS
#Trump thanked Justices #ClarenceThomas, Samuel #Alito & Brett #Kavanaugh by name “for their strength & wisdom & love of our country” for dissenting from the majority.
Of the other conservatives justices who voted to knock down his tariffs — Chief Justice #JohnRoberts & Justices #AmyConeyBarrett & Neil #Gorsuch — Trump said, “they’re just being fools & lapdogs for the RINOs & radical left Democrats.”
Trump said they were “very unpatriotic & disloyal to our Constitution.”
Asked about the #refund process for the tariff revenue, #Trump said the #US could end up being in court "the next 5 years."
"They take months & months to write an opinion, & they don't even discuss that point. We've taken in hundreds of billions of dollars, not millions, hundreds of billions of dollars [false]. And so I said, 'Well, what happens to all the money that we took in?' It wasn't discussed," said Trump.
"I guess it has to get litigated for the next 2 years."
#Trump said the 10% global #tariffs he just announced will be for a period of about 5 months.
"During that period of about 5 months, we are doing the various investigation necessary to put fair tariffs, or tariffs period, on other countries," Trump told reporters.
Asked whether the duties will be for only 150 days or indefinitely, Trump said "we have a right to do pretty much what we want to do[?], but we're going to charge it starting effectively. I think it's 3 days from now."
Despite the rebuke from #SCOTUS, #Trump is scoffing at the need to get #Congress involved in enacting #tariffs.
“I don’t have to,” Trump ignorantly said when asked why wouldn’t he just work with lawmakers on tariffs. “I have the right to do tariffs, & I’ve always had the right to do tariffs.” Nope.
The majority ruled that Congress has the power to write #tax policy, which includes tariffs.
The man is a moron.
#law #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics
At this point he really isn’t making any sense.
For months, #Trump warned that if his #tariffs were struck down, it would be a “disaster” for the country & it “would literally destroy the United States of America.”
But today, Trump repeatedly projected a sunny economic future for the US & dismissed the idea that the country would face ruin, as he predicted.
He said the ruling gave “certainty” & said “I think you’re going to see the country get much stronger because of it.”
#Trump also said the alternative paths he will pursue to try to impose tariffs, while a much more drawn out process, will now “get us more money. And I think it’s going to be great.”
🤣“I read very well. Great comprehension,” Trump said.
Trump said that, when it came to the tariffs case, “I read everything there is to read. And I said, ‘Can’t lose this case.’”
But #SCOTUS did in fact rule against Trump’s #tariffs.
#law #economy #tariffs #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics
#Trump is clearly fuming at the 2 justices he nominated in his first term who sided against his #tariffs.
“I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, if you want to know the truth. The two of them,” Trump said of #Gorsuch & #AmyConeyBarrett throwing a bit of #StochasticTerrorism into the mix.
He said, “their decision was terrible.”
#law #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #geopolitics #SCOTUS
In another display of pettiness & stupidity, #Trump said the justices who voted against his #tariffs are still “barely” invited to Tuesday’s #SOTU address.
But he added that “honestly I couldn’t care less if they come, OK?”
The president gives the State of the Union before a joint session of #Congress, but does NOT issue invitations to the speech, aside from his special guests.
The #House speaker actually invites the president to give the address in the first place.