After the Supreme Court struck down his unlawful tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the mentally disturbed Malignant Fascist -- never one to accept defeat -- is pushing forward on temporary, widespread tariffs of 15% under another act. Data journalist G. Elliott Morris writes in his Strength In Numbers that the MF has picked the worst issues for him to continue fighting: tariffs (taxes of course) and flouting judicial rulings that he disagrees with:
"At a press conference, Trump called the majority justices — including three conservatives and two of his own appointees — a “disgrace to our nation” and his appointees “an embarrassment to their families.” The president announced new temporary tariffs of 10% on all imports via an obscure provision of a 1974 law, and then upped the rate to 15% via a post on his social media app. As of writing, a judge has not weighed in on the legality of these new taxes. Trump’s many other uses of emergency powers are in jeopardy, too.
But let’s focus on the narrow analytical question of how this will play with the public. In attacking the Court and doubling down on unpopular tariffs, the president has blundered a major political gift for the sake of ideology and a blind pursuit of his trade war. As I see it, the Court, by striking down Trump’s tariffs, permitted him to defiantly retreat from one of his most unpopular policies; he could have simply blamed the judiciary and moved on.
Instead, Trump put himself on the wrong side of two issues where supermajorities oppose him: tariffs, and obeying rulings by American judges." (our emphasis)
Morris point out that the MF is underwater by 19 points on the tariff issue, and that 82% of Americans say the MF must obey court rulings (including 76% of Republicans), but has chosen to ignore public opinion which is strongly against him. In these actions, the more he shows his authoritarian fascism to the public, the better the chances for Dems to expand their power.
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