Carol Roth
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And the military and, you know, sort of his unpredictability and his suite of tools has been absolutely unparalleled from, you know, helping to free the hostages in Gaza to the surgical strike in Iran to the capturing of Maduro.
I mean, everybody is on notice.
And I don't think a ruling on tariffs is going to undo the absolute strength that we have shown on the world stage from that standpoint.
Furthermore, and obviously, you know, I am not a legal expert, but in my research, you have folks who do these things, research these things like Cato.
believe that there are other tariff options that are not emergency tariff options.
So if it is struck down, there is no doubt in my mind that the administration has already decided whether it's the Trade Expansion Act for national security reasons, whether it's the balance of payment issues.
There are multiple sections of trade acts where they can pivot and
So, yes, it's a setback and one that, in my opinion, is an unforced error.
But I think that there is so much strength from this administration and other areas and other options that it won't be as bad.
Yes, it'll be chaotic.
It won't be a good thing, but I do think that it'll be.
Yes.
Yes.
In time to prepare.
The longer it goes on, the more it's creating signals to the administration and the more that they're able to prepare for the outcome.
Yeah, it's interesting because if you listen to the Trump administration and the AGs, they're saying, we have no idea what Powell's talking about.
You know, we never said it was indictment.
We're just trying to get some information from him.
And so the fact that you have Powell coming out in an unprecedented move, I mean, the Fed does not make statements outside normal scheduled business hours and scheduled statements.
And by the way, if you watch the statement today,