At 37T in debt, you bet you ass there is an emergency.
Actually the congress gave presidents this power when they decided to not limit what constitutes an "emergency". That said, of course it is no more of an emergency than the stupid climate emergency, but it isn't something I am going to get frothy about. The House GOP will be his bitches so nothing really can be done to stop him
In 1934, Congress passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, which gave President Franklin Roosevelt the ability to change tariffs rates by 50% and negotiate bilateral trade agreements without additional approval from Congress. Since then, the president has mostly controlled and executed tariffs policies as defined by Congress.
My guess is they would have following a game of chicken. As is, the only good thing that is going to come of all this is that hopefully those freedom caucus people get voted out of office as the frauds they are for cosigning Trump's spending spree
Over Trump's VETO?? Think again.
Holy shit, of course not. Both Trump and MAGA essentially exist on simplistic hyperbole and scary words.
Well since the tariffs are unfair to the US, and Trump is negotiating "reciprocal/fair" tariff deals, congress should not have a problem. The problem is how Trump imposed them, "quickly", crashing the stock markets. Trump never gets that in government its best to move slowly or incrementally, which is different than in business where "time is money".
Trump has 90-days to negotiate new more fair trade deals. Trump is used to using leverage, like with Canada and Mexico. we'll see how it turns out in 90-days. Trump knows that the mid-terms are coming and he better figure things out by then.
Trump said the last two deals he negotiated (Mexico and Canada) in his first term were jokes and he was taken advantage of. Doesn’t give one confidence.
He's doing better than the guys from 1950-2024
By draconian action, I assume you mean totally ignoring the constitution and laws. It has proven to be so effective that one has to wonder why we ever even bothered with constitutional government. Authoritarian rule has proven to be so so expedient while constitutional government is so slow and messy.Trump declared a state of emergency at the southern border and within 90 days illegal crossings have slowed to a trickle.
Trump declared a state of economic emergency in order to impose tariffs and now partners are scrambling to re-negotiate.
When you declare a state of emergency and that declaration and related activity yields positive results, then folks applaud.
Do these radical changes also bring pain?
Yes.
But things have been so bad ( invasion, trade deficits ) that draconian action was required and that implies some pain.
Both situations had become intolerable and unsustainable and highly detrimental to the long-term interests of The People.
What had been missing until recently was the perception to recognize the situation and the courage to act upon it.
The pain will pass.
The beneficial outcomes will endure.
Based on outcomes so far... good luck with "selling" the notion that Trump is abusing his power to declare Emergencies.
There is no need for congress to define and emergency. The one in the dictionary is certainly sufficient.
The problem with granting a president extraordinary powers to in act authoritarian rule is reclaiming those powers. It is hard to believe that Donald Trump will ever let go of those powers.
