Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries

Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by peeters on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @03:44PM (#43636854)

"Extraordinary", such as a fictional fentanyl emergency at the northern border (despite the fact that a trivial amount of fentanyl enters the U.S. from Canada, and more enters Canada from the U.S.).

Of course, you have Congress to keep the President in check that these are real emergencies. Which is why the House will definitely be bringing S.J.Res. 37 to the floor, right? Because it's their sworn duty to act as a check on executive power, right?

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/119-2025/s160

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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by alabastervlog on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:30PM (#43637570)

There's a reason the saying, "in America we have three coequal branches of government: the Supreme Court rules, the President crimes, and Congress is just for fun" has become popular since some time after his first inauguration.

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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by pseudalopex on Thursday April 10, 2025 @05:23AM (#43642219)

The only search results for this allegedly popular saying were your comment and a comment elsewhere which quoted you.

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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by chrz on Thursday April 10, 2025 @08:01AM (#43642975)

My greatgrandfather used to say it all the time

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Re:Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries by cma on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @06:28PM (#43638726)

He first announced tariffs on China over fentanyl something like 2 or 3 days after pardoning the biggest heroin by mail operator in world history (Ross Ulbricht).

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