Will Congress save us?

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Either Congress steps in or we are as a people in for a world of hurt.

 

[22lcidw]

We need to remember Congress was intended to have control over tariffs. All they'd be doing is restoring things to where they were before Dotard starting abusing his power by declaring emergencies to justify the use of draconian measures.

Congress has control over the purse strings also.

 

[JLW]

Congress should rein in Trump, but it has self-castrated itself. By the time Congress (talking now only about the MAGA sycophants) gets around to it, the ruin Trump has set upon this nation will be too great. It will be the proverbial too little, too late.

By the way this trade war has little to do with bringing back manufacturing to the US, Trump made clear he intends to make the world "kiss his ass."

'Kissing my a**': Donald Trump mocks countries negotiating trade deals with the US - CNBC TV18

US President Donald Trump said countries are trying to make a deal. "Please, please sir make a deal. I'll do anything. I'll do anything, sir," he said, mocking the leaders.

www.cnbctv18.com

The American people are just pawns in his ego game.

 

[Independent thinker]

Will Tariffs Awaken a Sleeping Congress?

Donald Trump’s tariffs are the biggest tax increase in decades and have upended global markets — the actions of one man possibly plunging the country into recession. The abrupt move scrambled political alliances: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is likely to sue, while the United Auto Workers endorsed the tariffs.
Amid market carnage and political chaos, it can be easy to overlook one key question. I’ll ask it: Wait, can a president do this?! After all, presidents cannot unilaterally set income tax rates. Why is this ok? Conservatives and liberals alike are asking this question.

For answers, I turned to Elizabeth Goitein and Katherine Yon Ebright of the Brennan Center, two of the country’s leading experts on emergency powers (and thus very busy people these days).

Will Tariffs Awaken a Sleeping Congress?

The U.S. trade deficit doesn’t warrant the use of presidential emergency powers.

www.brennancenter.org

Sen. Maria Cantwell says there is bipartisan support to rein Trump's tariffs​

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5354912/trump-tariffs-senate-bill-bipartisan

I don't think there are enough votes among cowardly Repubs to override the inevitable veto should Congress vote to take back control over the imposition of tariffs. For that to happen congressional Repubs would have to fear their constituents more than the wrath of the Donald.

Tariffs will save us.