Catherine Rampell

There is no hope there. Whatever outcome he is trying to achieve, and again, it is unclear what that outcome is, whether it's revenue or a manufacturing renaissance or whatever, more fentanyl czars. It's not clear that any of this will happen. Meanwhile, Congress is according to the Constitution, is supposed to be regulating commerce with foreign nations. Really?

They are supposed to be in charge of trade.

They are supposed to be in charge of trade.

They are supposed to be in charge of trade.

Nothing. That's the problem.

Nothing. That's the problem.

Nothing. That's the problem.

There are a few different ways that Congress could intervene here, right? There's this one piece of legislation that says, basically, the president has to give 48 hours notice before he imposes tariffs. Whoop-dee-doo. It tells you how much notice they got this time around. And that I believe the tariffs can only last 60 days, and then Congress...

There are a few different ways that Congress could intervene here, right? There's this one piece of legislation that says, basically, the president has to give 48 hours notice before he imposes tariffs. Whoop-dee-doo. It tells you how much notice they got this time around. And that I believe the tariffs can only last 60 days, and then Congress...

There are a few different ways that Congress could intervene here, right? There's this one piece of legislation that says, basically, the president has to give 48 hours notice before he imposes tariffs. Whoop-dee-doo. It tells you how much notice they got this time around. And that I believe the tariffs can only last 60 days, and then Congress...

has to renew them, otherwise they lapse, something like that, which, to be honest, seems like a pretty mild restraint on Trump's current, you know, insanity. So they could do that, even if they get enough Republicans to go along with it in the Senate.

has to renew them, otherwise they lapse, something like that, which, to be honest, seems like a pretty mild restraint on Trump's current, you know, insanity. So they could do that, even if they get enough Republicans to go along with it in the Senate.

has to renew them, otherwise they lapse, something like that, which, to be honest, seems like a pretty mild restraint on Trump's current, you know, insanity. So they could do that, even if they get enough Republicans to go along with it in the Senate.

It seems very unlikely that that legislation will even come for a vote on the House floor, given things that Speaker Mike Johnson has said about, like, Trump's making great deals. We have to be patient. He knows what he's doing. OK, based on what evidence? No clue.

It seems very unlikely that that legislation will even come for a vote on the House floor, given things that Speaker Mike Johnson has said about, like, Trump's making great deals. We have to be patient. He knows what he's doing. OK, based on what evidence? No clue.

It seems very unlikely that that legislation will even come for a vote on the House floor, given things that Speaker Mike Johnson has said about, like, Trump's making great deals. We have to be patient. He knows what he's doing. OK, based on what evidence? No clue.

These are all girlfriends in Canada.

These are all girlfriends in Canada.

These are all girlfriends in Canada.

Yeah, this is not encouraging. There are so many... so many ways that Congress could intervene. So they could do the thing that I was talking about before where they say any of these tariffs lapse unless we renew them. They could just say there is not an emergency right now because the power that Trump is using is