Fox News Panics on Air as Trump Suffers Major Defeat
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What federal court decision sparked Fox News panic about Trump’s tariffs?
Fox News was in full collapse mode last night when a federal court struck down Donald Trump's tariffs against the world. A three-judge panel on the international uh trade court in the United States said Trump did not have the ability to issue those tariffs by invoking emergency power. So what were the Fox hosts doing while you had Laura Ingraham getting the newsletter? live on TV. She was questioning MAGA Republican Senator Kennedy. Kennedy, he was not exactly prepared for this question. Watch what went down.
Center we just got breaking. Yeah, Senator, I'm so sorry to interrupt. We just got other breaking news. Uh the big news tonight. A federal court just blocked the majority of Trump's tariffs. The Court of International Trade uh saying he overstepped his authority under an International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Uh this was, I believe, the three-judge panel. There was a Reagan appointee, a Trump appointee, and a Biden appointee on this particular panel. Uh this was Was kind of widely predicted among those who study trade closely. So those European tariffs blocked Senator your reaction.
Um You mean that uh A federal judge has intervened with uh the other two branches ability to make policy, I'm shocked. That hasn't happened Since yesterday. Um it'll be taken up. It'll be a it'll be appealed. I I think it's pretty clear that the president has tariff authority. Congress gave it to him. Now you can you can debate whether that was a a prudent move or not, but uh I think it's pretty clear that he has tariff authority.
So then Fox realized they had to kind of switch gears and let's go into some other questioning. You had uh MAGA Republican uh Congress member Dan Mauser from Pennsylvania on, and you could even see Laura Ingraham just losing her patience with all of her guests at this point. You know, she knows what she's doing, she knows the con that she is perpetuating uh as State regime media. So here he, but this one was even too ridiculous for her. You have this MAGA Republican Congress member Dan Mauser basically saying that the Nippon Steel Deal, acquiring US steel, is not an acquisition, he claims. He goes, it's like an investment, just part of Donald Trump's agenda. It's not actually an acquisition, it is an acquisition.
That's why Donald Trump promised that he He was going to block it to protect US steel and then went back on that. Here, play this clip.
Mellon University.
Yeah. Congressman, I don't blame you. Yeah. You're doing what you should do for your district. I don't have any doubt about that.
How did Senator Kennedy react to the court’s ruling on Trump’s emergency powers?
But President Trump campaigned against a deal that would end up with ultimately 51% control of a critical industry like steel in the hands of a foreign entity. Now, you're saying we don't see the terms of this. the deal. I always want the lawyer, so I want to see the deal. I don't know why they're hiding the terms of the deal. I haven't seen the deal. Have you have you actually seen the terms of the deal?
No, but I have seen where Cyphyus is on it and how those national security concerns can be mitigated. And I also know that the president has reviewed it, as has I believe Scott Bescent, uh Howard Lutn Lutnik and others. But it's still being structured, uh uh Laura. Well so wait, it needs to be highly satisfactory. Well so wait, well, it needs to be highly satisfactory.
Congressman, yeah, but it's still I don't mean to be I'm not trying to be difficult. But it's still being structured. So but we have heard repeatedly that this is a partnership. On the US Steel website, it says it's a good thing, basically I'm paraphrasing that we are being acquired by uh Nippon. Are you saying tonight that they're not being acquired by Nippon? Because that's what it says on the US Steel website.
Uh I I'm saying it's strictly an investment, just like the other investments that the the President's economy that he's creating are are being made. Uh it will be American-owned, it will be American-run. Uh the White House has investigative and o oversight authority. Uh and that is what we have
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the deal that we have.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What federal court decision sparked Fox News panic about Trump’s tariffs?
0:00–2:51
2
How did Senator Kennedy react to the court’s ruling on Trump’s emergency powers?
2:51–6:54
3
Why did Fox hosts scramble to change topics after the tariff defeat?
6:54–10:43
4
What is the controversy surrounding the Nippon Steel deal and its classification as an acquisition?
10:43–19:16
5
How did Fox commentators use the EBT‑designer‑bag myth to attack liberals?
19:16–19:27