Leigh Ann Caldwell

Well, I mean, look at the look at the military pay that he announced.

Yes, absolutely.

And he is claiming that it's tariff revenue money.

He's not even admitting that Congress passed this.

Right.

Totally.

But like, why don't you just say, look at what we passed or whatever, rather than saying it's from tariff revenue, which actually is a, I don't know why he would say it anyways, because then he'd have to take them, repay their tariff money if the Supreme Court rules.

I mean, yes.

So I had heard from, you know, outset from lobbyists who say that the they are already considering like how to go to Congress for for how to pass the tariffs.

I you know, I don't even know if House Republicans will do it, though, Chuck.

I think that.

As polling is continuing to as polling is suggesting that people are starting to tie tariffs with high costs.

These Republicans who are facing voters and, you know, months from whenever this tariff decision comes out, I just don't see them giving Trump like blanket authority to continue this tariff regime.

Definitely in the Senate and even in the House.

We'll see.

But I just I really think that, you know, outside circumstances are going to dictate this, the political circumstances and the economic circumstances.

But if things are how they are now, I'm not sure if even they'd be on board.

Yeah, I know.

So I wrote and reported a couple of weeks ago that people were Republicans were really bracing for a lot of retirements.

Well, I was told at least 20.