Daniel Kurtzleben

They're on an array of products already, like steel and aluminum and cars.

So those aren't going anywhere.

But yesterday, he also cited a few other laws he said he could use to impose tariffs.

Now, there's a whole bunch of these statutes.

They're all known by these three-digit numbers I've been talking about.

There's 201, 301, 338, but all of those statutes.

give the president some power to levy tariffs.

It's just that the difference between those and the IEPA tariffs that the court struck down is that these new tariffs have restrictions.

Some of them require investigations first, which can take weeks or months, or they have time limitations or limits on the size of the tariff.

So yes, Trump has some options for replacement tariffs, but they could create some new challenges.

Right.

That's the big conflict Trump has made for himself here.

Trump has been promoting these tariffs, which, yeah, they're taxes.

They raise prices for businesses and consumers.

And at the same time, he's been trying to make the case that he cares about the cost of living.

And right now, most voters just don't think the tariffs have helped.

Many say quite the opposite.

So if he continues to lean hard into tariffs, that will really affect what political appetite the country has for supporting the GOP in the midterms.

And some Republicans have even come out against Trump's tariffs.

So that conflict could get bigger.