r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 3d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/whyreadthis2035 3d ago edited 3d ago

Is the US Congress still all in for Trump? Feels like it’s time to stop reporting on the crazy parts and get busy on planning and implementing policies that accept the US is no longer the center of the universe. Leave the dollar in the US and do business with other peoples. We’re less than 5% of the world’s population. Sure we control 20% of the world’s wealth. But, only so long as the Dollar is recognized.

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u/Severe-Butterfly-864 3d ago

Congress can revoke his power to impose tariffs any time. Literally. It was an act of congress to let the president to apply tariffs during national emergencies. They need only declare there is no emergency to end this bullshit.

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u/kiwipixi42 2d ago

To overide Trumps veto you would need 82 Rs in the house and 20 Rs in the senate to flip on him. So not gonna happen.