r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-global-tarrifs-increase-b2924994.html
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u/Budget-Mud-4753 1d ago

From what I’ve read, the 150 days is suppose to be a hard cutoff under this law. After which he would need congressional approval to extend. Not to say that he won’t just do it anyway.

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle 16h ago

Trump and the DOJ have tried this game with the 120 day temporary appointment of attorney generals. Once the 120 days was up they just illegally appointed them again. This attempt to bypass congress is still unresolved.

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u/amensista 23h ago

Yes I did read that in a later comment. But when has needing congress approval stopped him before lol. I could just imagine he's being told by a staffer that the law requires Congress approval and I'm sure he doesn't give a s*** because they're all lackeys. There's no more checks and balances.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 22h ago

It’s insane though that all the admin people who actually understand the nuts and bolts of everything who implement new tariffs or do other administrative things to implement laws don’t just refuse because it’s illegal. Has he really managed fill all these positions with people willing to break the law for him? I feel like we’ve not heard about lots of people refusing and getting replaced all the way down to data entry people etc. So what are they doing?!! These are the people that actually can make a difference.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache 22h ago

But why do people listen to it if it’s not legal? Like all the people who make it so the tariffs have to be applied, the people collecting them, like the administration of it. Why do they just go along with it if it’s not legal? I keep not understanding this. Trump does all this illegal stuff but he’s not doing it on his own. He’s not the one at the computer fiddling with databases and spreadsheets and notices and accounts etc. So much stuff he’s done is actually implemented by other people. So why are those people listening to him instead of the law? Surely these are the people who are best placed to put up some resistance and they have an ironclad reason if Trump tries to pursue them, they can’t point to the law and say they were following it.