If Republicans really think there is a national emergency to justify the tariffs, why don’t they just pass them in Congress like they are supposed to under the constitution. This is supposedly a national emergency, but they are gambling on the Supreme Court while doing nothing?
It's trying to give themselves the veneer of non-culpability. It won't work.
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Or let donpedo save face and just ditch the tariffs and move forward with the business of selling and buying goods like America has done for years…blame the dems blame the tooth fairy just end the tariff nonsense and focus on ending Putin’s attacks on Ukraine…
I assume that's how this get's resolved. But trump wants to establish his right to do "whatever I want" and complete the elimination of Congress from anything more important than naming post offices.
Republicans don't want to be blamed for the tariffs when they screw over the economy and the people. They still will be blamed, but they're hoping Trump gets most of the blame.
They should be humiliated that it took a court ruling to let them know they were being neutered.
How could they possibly pass legislation with (checks notes) all 3 branches of government under their control?
The Supreme Court is more of a formality for trump than a gamble.
And forget about all the the juicy kickbacks the foreign governments are paying to the 🍊family and his shadow companies. The bribes are the emergency
God knows what pieces of US he’s promised them
Because: 1) #TACO wouldn’t want this to create cracks in their unified wall & he’s amping up his unitary executive image 2) He’s teflon, they’re not - so he can take the heat & spare R congress reps some political blow-back & 3) They know it’s BS, so they want to limit Dems pushing back on MSM.
& 4) They’re masters of delay & it’ll take 1 1/2 years in the (mostly complicit) courts, & by then it’ll be too late & the economy will be f^
Dictator wannabes, like Trump, rely on “do nothing” sycophants ( Trump’s in the House & Senate as well as his SCOTUS buddies) as they take more & more power!
Republicans caught the deregulation disease decades ago . It’s metastasized into demolishing all rules, laws, norms, and human decency.
If it were a true emergency why are they taking breaks, it should be all hands on deck to solve the emergency.
"Systems don't work if any part is broken. I learned that in middle school. 🧐" Billy Mumphrey.
They know it’s not an emgency but don’t want to have their votes for it used against them next year at mid-terns once MAGA starts feeling increased prices.
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The speaker of the house doesn’t understand his job It’s on par with nearly all Republicans - they have no idea what their responsibilities are in the legislative branch They believe 90% of their day is hearings and posturing at a podium - oh and tours for rubes dumb enough to vote for them
This issue should not go to THIS supreme court.
Yes, ARTICLE ONE clearly grants that power to congress. Now talk about the other ARTICLE ONE duties this congress has shirked. No amount of screaming about “Democracy” is going to force congress to do their jobs. Only a shift in control of the house can slow Trump down. That’s a winning message!
They're gambling on the Supreme Court saving their asses from having to get Der Fuhrer mad at them since they want the tariffs to disappear as much a anyone.
Trumps need for leverage to bring the world to heel to feed his sick list for total control is the emergency.
Republicans pass legislation? Surely you jest.
TARIFFS ARE TAXES On these AMERICAN Trucks. bsky.app/profile/opsa... Wake up, MAGA!
If we hear a sonic boom, let's hope it's the collective GOP taking their heads out of Trump's ass, when they realize he's a Russian asset and cares nothing about us or our country.
SC is going to buffer Drumpf.
They know it’s wrong. They want to absolve themselves of the blame and have plausible deniability. But if they have to debate and vote, the Democrats will have a lot to say and the voting record will be clear. ALL REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLICIT IN THIS HORRIFIC TRUMP REGIME.
Not much of a gamble 🤷
Oh Republicans are building up to giving PedoPOTUS his Reichstag Fire. I give it a month when economy goes into full meltdown all shipments from Europe & Asia halted, US companies can’t get their supplies & parts. They want to trigger national emergency in order to justify full suspension of law.
I believe the Dems could filibuster any such move in the Senate and kill it. That's the reason Trump is so hot on executive orders: he can't get much of his agenda through Congress even with a (modest) GOP majority.
Trump's tariffs are a daffy idea that fly in the face of conservative economic orthodoxy. Trump himself doesn't understand them but is in love with the idea of using them as a weapon in negotiations and showing his ignorant base how powerful he is in making other countries pay us, which they don't.
That's what invading Venezuela is for. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
It seems to me one of the best arguments to the court is that if this is truly a national emergency, the president’s own party controls Congress but has done nothing to address it with legislation, so how can it possibly be an emergency?
Great points
A self-inflicted national emergency due to a totally incompetent blow hard.
Maybe it's SUCH an emergency that he can't wait for Congress. (Or has he used that excuse already? I can hardly keep up.)
Trump references fentanyl to justify tariffs on Canada. He should consult with his Secretary of Health. Kennedy was an opioid addict for many years and probably got none of his narcotics via Canada. Trump should delve more deeply into his asinine excuses. The tariffs are a power trip, nothing more
YES !!
It's almost like there is no emergency, and they're depending on people asking questions, like you are, while the coup proceeds apace.
Thank you!
Their logic seems to be "because Trump says". And on that basis they don't have to do any work at all.
Also the 90 day pauses. What emergency stops and starts so many times?
Excellent question.
Because it’s not❗️
That and all the emergency golf all year
Courts? What are courts going to do? Republicans will just ignore the courts, because like every other banana republic the courts don’t mean anything. There’s no “law enforcement”. DOJ is Trump’s personal Gestapo now.
It breaks my heart to know you're right.
It goes to the Supreme Court, and they say "Yadata yadata, Trump wins." Or they handle it on the shadow docket, say nothing and give Trump the win.
Perplexity: "Trump's emergency tariffs have been criticized because the law enables indefinite executive action without a clear time limit, creating market uncertainty and potential for abuse." www.perplexity.ai/search/trump...
Nice strategy for the legal argument. Playing devil’s advocate, would this be the straw that breaks the filibuster’s back? It will happen at some point.
"You snooze, you lose"!
Except for the BBB, has this Congress done anything? With all these “executive orders” why do we need Congress? Aren’t we a dictatorship now?
An easily verifiable waste of taxpayer dollars. Paying salaries to elected lawmakers who do nothing. Who have yielded their power to the Executive Branch.
If they’re killing jobs at the government level to save money, a dandy place to hit next is the GOP Congress. Absolutely toothless and worthless.
Toothless and worthless. You describe them perfectly.
They all want the same things Trump does but don't want their names (literally) attached to it. Legislation = paper trail and accountability.
Don't bring logic to a moron fight
this is the only answer
perfect reasoning… but will it make a corrupt court follow??
I think he's more interested in defying norms than anything else.
Everyone on the planet knows that there isn't a "fentanyl crisis" at the Canadian border. It's a canard. He's trying to bend reality to suit his narrative.
A Lac Brome canard!!
Yes but Ron, you’re forgetting that Trump ran on the ENTIRE system being broken/ineffectual - corrupt and focused on self-preservation. In this way, the GOP are as bad as Dems, and even more so for those who dare oppose Trump, bc they are traitors within the ranks. #PermaSpinRules 😞
Not only has the president’s own party done nothing with regards to tariffs, but if the tariffs are a national emergency, how could Mike Johnson have ended the current legislative session early?
They think we’re stoooopid!!
The name of the Trump movie will be FRAUD. When he has limited authority, he proceeds under false pretenses. Lies not loopholes.
Trump in the Oval Office is the national emergency.
This!
These things require effort, communication and having facts to back things up and Trump & Co are dysfunctional on those fronts.
There you go 🤔
That is a good argument. Along with the argument that there is no emergency based on Trump's torrent of social media posts talking about how great the economy is.
IF the world ran on logic, sure
Because scared Repubs don't want to get chased thru the airports or grocery stores no more. They have been told to shut your mouths.
Because the entire point of the tariffs is that they are sudden, arbitrary and selectively applied to enemies?
Republicans don't want it to go through Congress because then they'll have to officially vote for the tariffs and when it all goes T's up like it did 100 years ago, they'll be officially responsible for it. Right now, it's just Trump's fault.
Duh??? >>>
It's time to make Project 2025 the main narrative. Other Arguments get manipulated and twisted. Project 2025 is in black and white. Many of Trump's Cabinet members are the founders of Project 2025. Steps have been taken to implement it. Talk about Project 2025.
Obviously, there is no emergency. This is just another Trump lie and grab for power while Republicans say and do nothing. Why do Trump and Republicans and their voters hate America so much?
Simple. The Republican now defaults are scientific ignorance and lying about anything. Over several decades the bad guys won the party.
Congress delegated this authority already, so thats where this falls down.
Well said
Other good arguments could be Trump’s Canada tariffs for fentanyl trafficking which is actually only 1% of trafficking (only 64 seizures so far this year) or the 50% tariff against Brazil that Trump publicly stated is to force the country to stop prosecuting his treasonous buddy Bolsonaro?
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This maga brain rot congress will do it for him if his bought and paid for supreme court doesn't.
Yep
Ron! man - damn you, you ask all the right questions - and the answers lies right down the alley, backing up the message between the lines. 🙌🏻
Spot on.
Logic and the constitution have zero influence upon this court
Logic and the constitution have zero influence upon this court
The only national emergency is in tRump's head. He created it, fueled the fire with Republicans, who jump when he pulls the strings. Puppets, as we know, are spineless, no brain cells, and wooden, with no movement til the master pulls the strings.
you’re thinking in logical, equitable, humane terms when we’re dealing with an enemy that is the exact opposite of that. they don’t care for reason. they’ve been trained in churches and christian homes and institutions all their lives to reject it.
But shouldn't a guy with your influence be saying this instead of a question? You can say So no, this isn't an emergency and Congress can do its job and bring necessary legislation or the GOP members can pack up their desks and resign
Working this through Congress would defy their dear leader.
Cause they don’t want blame for tariffs. They want Trump to take the heat. They know maga will forgive him but not them.
Yes, they could have done (can still do) all of that, but are doing nothing. They cut off their balls and handed them to the president. The GOP “leadership” willingly gave away power they may never get back, and their constituents are finding out just how useless they are. That’s the emergency.
Coz they’re sheep and have no balls to do what they know should be done. They are complicit in what is happening and hopefully, will be held accountable!
Trumps narcissism causes no curiosity. He has the general knowledge of a 7yr old. To a 7yr old injecting bleach,tariffs,nuking storms is logical. Trump craves chaos and needs enough riots to declare Martial Law
What is congress?
CONGRESS WHERE R U???? TARIFFS ARE AT YOUR DOORSTEP. DO YOUR JOB.
Where is Congress? 5 1/4 inches up Trump's ass (the universally accepted historical average length of the American penis!) Sad!
Not much of a gamble, as already proven.
Well they have spent a lot of money on the SC. Need the ROI
Because they don’t actually believe that.
Isn’t Congress still on recess?
Guess You don’t Know the Definition of “Emergency”?
Republicans are cucks to Trump. They just sit back and take whatever their fuhrer says.
There is no national emergency for tariff or use of our military
The Supreme Court is compromised. It’s their way of avoiding the Democrats and pushback. It’s all about greed, money, and power.
Because The Speaker doesn't know how to do his job.
It blew my mind that they actually got away with declaring the remaining calendar days as “one day” when the Tariff crisis came up months ago and they were required to vote within a designated amount of days. That is like pretend town for a six year old. They are a joke.
The emergencies “disappear” every time he does a Taco move - amazing flexibility
You know why… elections coming up and all.
Trump is there to give them cover. He is their battering ram. In return, they saved him from imprisonment and impeachment, have allowed him to monetize the presidency, and are allowing him to exact vengeance on real/perceived foes. They get their 50-year wish list fulfilled.
Cheaters gonna cheat
They would be on record voting for them. Because they are compromised!
Because they are a bunch of pussies
Congress has been in recess for six weeks. Pretty much shatters the argument that we’re in a national emergency
The odds seem to be increasingly in Trump Admin’s favor, where SCOTUS is concerned. Plus They can try for an insurrection if the SC votes against them. So they have the appearance of doing it by the book.
Congress is afraid of our dictator. They are spineless, greedy babies.
Same with the national guard and military 🤷🏻♀️
Because it another rapeublicon lie.
They think that the national emergency is that they *can't* pass those things.
The Republicans are cowards. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/08/law-...
GOP has given up on democracy. They now seek just to take power which is why they are letting the admin do anything they want.
All of this mayhem is trump. As soon as he's gone, just dance thinks he'll prance in and take over. Anybody can defeat a couch fucker. Game on.
Cause Trump told them not to. They like being bossed around.
They are all flaccid cowards who are only concerned about keeping their jobs over what their job actually is.
It is an emergency on their minds , that’s why Rockbridge , firebrand and other orgs exist thistleandmoss.com/p/the-meat-p...
It's not much of a gamble to bet on SCOTUS to support whatever Trump wants to do, Constitution be damned.
They're cowards.
All.
Because none of them give a fuck about the American public
Excellent point!
Because if Congress passed the tariffs instead of Trump, then Trump couldn't take credit for them, nor use them to claim to "make deals" to bully other countries.
With the US Appeals Court calling the tariffs illegal by a 7-4 vote, how can SCOTUS possibly justify allowing the tariffs? The Constitution is quite clear about Congress's role in regards to appropriations and taxation.
Notice how legislation is now the GOP’s last resort in government action? This approach is so wrong.
Fucking upside down
It's the most obvious sign of his desire to be a dictator. This Congress would gleefully give him anything he wants, yet he willfully choses to circumvent their authority at every opportunity.
They don't want to have to vote for anything that might upset their constituents. But they also don't want to oppose Trump. So they just abandon power.
Trump is absolutely gambling on the SCOTUS backstopping their unconstitutional pronouncements. We are presently in a low grade civil war.
This is 💯 correct, but the point is to destroy the system so that’s why
They are trying to keep their names out of the illegal things idjit is commanding because they know he is dying and all traitors will face trials like in Germany. Silence is complicity in court too plus allowing him to continue his terror so all the way around they will face trial. ##tictoctraitors
Because it's not about tariffs. They want SCOTUS to say that Trump himself can define what is an emergency. Once ruled, Trump and his successors can give themselves emergency powers whenever they like. That will put the main building block of the Autocracy in place.
Just as the Birth Citizenship case wasn't about citizenship. It was about stripping Courts of the right to make nationwide injunctions. These guys are smart and working to a plan.
Because they know it's all madness but they don't have the balls to do anything.
Greg Suebe is trying to pass legislation for every thing Trump wants. He is a boot licker.
Had not heard of this republifuckturd before. I see he is a FL Rep. Seems appropriate. He's in my little shit list now. 🤬
Republicans are the national emergency right now
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this is what they will be foreed to do by trump to keep his executive tariff orders alive - they won't want to do it because - now it will be them in the spotlight from the constituents - yet they reluctantly will - then retrosepective or not? bet the court says yes once done - then the lawsuits
We have the strongest economy in the world. We can negotiate from a very strong position. The thought that we would need tariffs to achieve our goals is just nonsense.
They’re scared to come out and support them
lol...we know why. Tariffs=higher prices for consumers. The GOP would get demolished in elections on the economy if they voted for higher prices.
Bet you if the Supreme Court says no Congress will step up and do what they are told to do. My opinion
The national emergency is the election of a dictator and the majority Congress supporting him.
They're always in hysterics it just shows you republicans rarely deal with real life emergencies.
Too much work, and it doesn't give Trump enough power. He wants to make Congress irrelevent so he can dissolve it.
People say "Republicans are stupid" I disagree. GOP (consistent, not swing) voters are stupid. Republican politicians are (mostly) smart. They know that if they enshrine the tariffs into law, it'll blowback on them. And unlike Dear Leader, who doesn't care, they can't weather the same storm.
No one has done the work to decide what products should be tariffed and what amounts should apply to which countries. Trump just slapped tariffs on every country, including the one inhabited by penguins only.
Why go through all those pesky logistics when you can just act like a king and order it to be done? The master does not abide by the laws of the land.
You as a country (United? States of Americunts) Have some serious backlog to dig through by now! It will not go fast, it will take generations to remedy!
Trump wants Scotus to defer to the Executive's determination of "emergency": Trump will argue that determining an emergency on the facts is the job of the President AND NOT the judiciary. Of course People like me think that the best determination of the facts will be made by Congress
careful Ron the maga is on high alert , they are concerned , concerned i tell you for glorious leaders health, we all should stop wanting to see those epstein files and all be concerned if the pedo king is gonna croak, so lets see those epstein files ,,, the pedo king is a s good as dead
Congress is no longer relevant period
Great question 🙋🏻? I’ll wait……
Republicans in Congress are too busy putting up bills to make his birthday and national holiday 🙄
Right? National Emergency...get them going through Congress...now!
None of them GAF about working class struggle, Ron/
No back bone. Every one of them. Seriously, why are they even there if they’re not going to put in any effort or actually do the work they were elected to do. Lazy, spineless cucks!
Republicans are the Confederacy Party
Logics? You want logical? Don't hold your breath...
Vote them out for destroying the economy
Similar to requiring exhaustion of administrative remedies before litigation or other remedies, a long-established legal principle.
The reason the GOP hasn't voted on it is because until Nov. 3rd 2026 they want to be able to say "We did not authorize those Tariffs and if you vote for me we'll keep the majority we need to scale them back.".
It's their Reichstag fire, except there was no fire, they just pulled it out of their asses
There ya go... thinking again. These #Republicans are not Americans. Our only option is to get the voter roles and deport the #Project2025 disciples. Strip their citizenship, drop 'em off on the Mexican side of the border and say go ahead, try to come back.
But declaring them illegal wood be “embarrassing,” according to Scott Bessent, as if that ship hasn’t sailed long long ago.
If the tariffs are declared illegal, he’ll cite an emergency because it would be financial chaos, he’ll bs his way around it, or just defy the courts as always, because never consequences. 1/2
Or, he’ll rescind the tariffs, the markets will be happy, and maybe prices go down and the effect is felt just before the midterms. See? I turned the economy around, vote R!
It’s entirely intentional, to program us all to believe that the president has ultimate authority over EVERYTHING.
If it’s a national emergency then why has Congress been on vacation for six weeks?
They are engaging in an established Republican strategy. It's called lying.
I'm still stuck on the fact that the military has taken over DC and he's threatening more.. And our electeds are.... at the beach?? If this isn't an emergency what is?? They needed a break bad enough to miss the coup? JFC. Thanks for abandoning us....again/ still
I believe this way congress can say I didn't do it when this is over
All Executive Orders should be on hold until we find out if Trump is actually alive or coherent.
You failed to bring up a point that they control all three branches of government they can do anything they want to do
Anything involving the Republicans and the Supreme Court right now isn't much of a gamble...
I have the utmost faith the Supreme Court will do the right thing here.
Its the capitulation. Making Congress useless. "We cannot move until Dear Leader gives us his wishes"
It's a pretty safe bet, just saying 🇨🇦
EPSTEIN FILES
And if it’s such an emergency, why does Taco keep postponing them?
If the sc denies trump, which they should, the tariff nonsense ends. I don’t believe it can be granted back under reconciliation. So they would need 60 senate votes. They don’t have that because tariffs are ridiculous and an obvious tax increase and no senator with a brain would vote for them.
How is Trump going to get all of the bribes if Congress is involved?
Or pray for them. Thoughts and prayers for tariffs. Like they do for mass shooting victims.
Congress has become a useless entity over the past 50 years. More trouble than it's worth. Time for a redo.
Congress? What congress?
Or counting on complicity .... www.foxnews.com/video/637774...
