Mara Liason

Less than 40% of Americans tell pollsters they approve of the war in Iran, denying President Trump the rally-around-the-flag effect presidents usually enjoy at the beginning of military conflicts.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

My husband's family is rooted here in Selma, and so his dad was actually one of the people who crossed the bridge, so it's near and dear to our hearts.

He says he can.

He says he's now going to put, as you said, global tariffs of 15% under a different section of the Trade Act.

But

These new sections are much more cumbersome than the sweeping powers he had claimed that the Supreme Court struck down.

For instance, some of these new tariffs will only last 150 days before Congress has to weigh in.

Other ones could be permanent, but they require months of investigations.

And if he's going to China in April to meet Xi Jinping, he just lost a big piece of his leverage

because he won't be able to issue tariffs by proclamation for any reason he wants whatsoever.

It matters a lot.

The politics are very complicated.

At first glance, the ruling was seen as a godsend for Republicans.

They were not going to have to defend Trump's unpopular tariffs.

Maybe prices would go down.

But that optimism among Republicans lasted about five minutes because Trump immediately said that not only was he going to put more tariffs on under a different authority, but that means he has to ask Congress to vote on the tariffs.

And Republicans on Capitol Hill will have to show their loyalty to Trump by voting to impose the tariffs on

taking even more ownership of an unpopular policy that a majority of voters believe have driven their costs up.

Now, Trump might back off.