Danielle Kurtzleben
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He not only said he's disappointed in this decision, but he got personal with the justices, specifically saying that Justices Gorsuch and Barrett, who are two justices he appointed and who ruled against the tariffs –
He was upset because he doesn't think they are sufficiently loyal to him.
Well, he's saying he's going to use laws other than IEPA to replace these tariffs, laws that he and his team think will withstand any sort of potential legal challenge.
So already we have heard and seen Trump use Section 232 is the shorthand for it.
Tariffs that are justified by saying that they are for national security.
And he has Section 232 tariffs in place, and those are not going away.
That's tariffs on things like steel and aluminum, automobiles and auto parts, that sort of thing.
Those are sticking around.
But besides that, he said today that he is going to impose a 10 percent global tariff on
using a law called Section 122.
There's a whole mess of laws with three-digit numbers that he can use.
That's one that he is using.
But the difference between those and AIPA is that those laws come with limitations on the president's power.
So these don't give him exactly the same power that he had before, but they're something, and he said he's willing to use them.
And really, to drill down into what Ashley is saying, it is kind of remarkable that he is doubling down on tariffs so much.
I mean, on the one hand, yes, it makes total sense why he loves tariffs.
He loves the negotiations.
He loves being able to use the tariffs to twist other countries' arms.
He has talked about that so much.
He loves the power.