U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed tariffs against Canada, setting in motion a trade war between two countries with deeply linked economies, jeopardizing jobs and likely raising consumer prices on both sides of the border.
Without presuming your level of knowledge about world history, I’ll say that Trump used Fentanyl the same way that Hitler used the Reichstag fire, as an excuse to give him the emergency power to do such things unilaterally.
Because when you’re a dictator they let you do it.
Seriously, that’s literally the reason: because between SCOTUS abdicating its power in Trump v. United States and Congress abdicating its power by the Republican majority refusing to impeach, Trump can do whatever the fuck he wants, no matter how illegal, and there’s nobody willing and able to stop him.
Trump used a sneaky never been used before International emergency economic powers act to impose tariffs under the guise of national security. ie drugs, immigrants and Canadas northern border a security threat even thought Canada has never been threatened by any one but the US. This act bypassed regulatory hurdles making trade decisions without the required checks and balance.
Trump has also found a work around of the US constitution with his Executive Order form the end of February which takes out the check and balances that use to make the US people not beholden to one person or one party . So he really is King and the US really is a dictatorship now
Can someone more knowledgeable about politics than me please tell me how 1 person can just slap on tarifs willy-nilly?
Shouldn’t things like this have to go through some sort of vote in congress?
Could the US president just call up all CEOs that use steel and be like: “gonna need some donations or I’ll put some tarifs on any imported steel”?
Without presuming your level of knowledge about world history, I’ll say that Trump used Fentanyl the same way that Hitler used the Reichstag fire, as an excuse to give him the emergency power to do such things unilaterally.
Because when you’re a dictator they let you do it.
Seriously, that’s literally the reason: because between SCOTUS abdicating its power in Trump v. United States and Congress abdicating its power by the Republican majority refusing to impeach, Trump can do whatever the fuck he wants, no matter how illegal, and there’s nobody willing and able to stop him.
Yep, this is it. One person can do to because they’ve allowed him to do it. It’s that simple.
Trump used a sneaky never been used before International emergency economic powers act to impose tariffs under the guise of national security. ie drugs, immigrants and Canadas northern border a security threat even thought Canada has never been threatened by any one but the US. This act bypassed regulatory hurdles making trade decisions without the required checks and balance. Trump has also found a work around of the US constitution with his Executive Order form the end of February which takes out the check and balances that use to make the US people not beholden to one person or one party . So he really is King and the US really is a dictatorship now
Because congress lets him with the IEEPA and the Tarrif Act.
Yes, he could. It would definitely violate a bunch of laws leading to impeachment by Congress (in theory).
https://natlawreview.com/article/can-president-impose-tariffs-without-congressional-approval