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Fiendish Thingy

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4. I wish folks would read beyond the headlines

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:41 AM

18 hrs ago

Trump will obey yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling, which only applied to tariffs collected under his fake “emergency” invoking IEEPA.

All sector (steel, aluminum, lumber, auto parts) tariffs remain intact and the new tariffs are imposed under different laws.

He’s not defying the court, he’s playing Whack-A-Mole.

He even said as much yesterday, acknowledging he could play this game for the remainder of his term as it took a year for SCOTUS to overturn these tariffs.

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Trump to Supreme Court: "F" You! [View all] kentuck 18 hrs ago OP

The same Supreme Court that made Trump 2.0 possible dalton99a 18 hrs ago #1

They think they can control the monster they helped to create. kentuck 18 hrs ago #3

I believe live that 10% tariff is only allowed for a short period. lostincalifornia 18 hrs ago #2

He will issue a new order on the 151th day and restart the clock. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #5

Still, he can't do 40 or 50%. He's limited to 15%. Demixs 17 hrs ago #7

I wish folks would read beyond the headlines Fiendish Thingy 18 hrs ago #4

I have heard reports that he collected just over $200 Billion on his emergency tariffs... kentuck 17 hrs ago #6

Whack-a-Mole is far different than "You and what army?" Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #8

With Kavanaugh's directions, what has really changed? kentuck 17 hrs ago #9

Kavanaugh's dissent identifies other routes to impose tariffs not affected by yesterday's ruling Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #11

Hardly the first president to play that game. Igel 17 hrs ago #12

If Trump ignores their judgement then he shows them why the unitary executive theory is a bad idea andym 17 hrs ago #10