MicroWaveFeb 21

Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

https://lemmy.world/post/43422103

Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’ - Lemmy.World

Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ushered in under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unlawfully imposed On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ushered in under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unlawfully imposed. Trump had used the act to charge huge levies on countries, including 50% on India, which was later reduced, and 34% on China. By Friday night, the president posted on Truth Social that he signed an executive order enabling him to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tax on imports from around the world. “It is my Great Honor to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global 10% Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately,” Trump wrote. Less than 24 hours later, Trump said he was bumping up the tariffs to 15% “based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday.”

Show threadcircuitfarmerFeb 21
I don’t think “fuck directly with people’s shit because you were handed an L” is a winning political strategy. Will it cost him? Hell no! We’ve never had a cult leader as president before.
Show threadVoroxpeteFeb 22
It’s looking very much like it’s going to cost him in the midterms.
Show threadAlmaccaFeb 22
Not if he cheats, and he’s definitely going to cheat.
Show threadVoroxpete

I don’t doubt it. However;

  • If you’re acknowledging that he needs to cheat then we’re in agreement that he’s paying a political price for the tariffs and other unpopular policies. If what he was doing was working - politically - the cheating wouldn’t be necessary.
  • Cheating elections isn’t an on/off switch. The thing about putting your thumb on the scale is that it’s a lot easier, and a lot less obvious, when the balance is mostly equal. A thumb on the scale might pass without notice. A knee on the scale tends to get attention. The more votes there are against him, the harder he has to work to cheat and the more likely he gets caught.
    • Feb 22 at 9:25pmWeb
    Show threadAlmaccaFeb 22

    100% agree on point one. Although he’d probably still cheat even if he was up in the polls. It’s inherent to his nature.

    On point two, getting caught doesn’t seem to make any difference to him. He never faces any consequences.

    Show threadVoroxpeteFeb 22
    Look at it this way; unless you honestly, truly, would take to a witness stand and say under threat of perjury that you believe the GOP could live stream themselves writing fake ballots and stuffing them in the boxes, you still think getting caught matters. We’re only disagreeing over how much evidence there needs to be for it to matter. Which comes right back to my point; the more you need to cheat, the harder it gets and the more evidence you leave.
    Show threadAlmaccaFeb 23
    I’m not disagreeing with you at all. I’d like to think that getting caught matters, it’s just that historically, it doesn’t seem to with that bloke.