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None of these alternative statues give Trump what he wants and what he used the IEEPA for, which is unlimited power to use tariffs to force specific countries t
by drgo 8mo ago
None of these alternative statues give Trump what he wants and what he used the IEEPA for, which is unlimited power to use tariffs to force specific countries to comply with his edicts and more importantly to stop laughing at him. The SCOTUS took that away leaving him with the only other kind of power that he knows how to use: missiles and war ships. The next few months may prove disastrous for the US and for the world.
- basilgohar 8mo agoI'd say the past few months have also been disastrous. I don't think there's been one lasting good thing with Trump at the helm.
- drivingmenuts 8mo agoAs comedians say: the last few months have been disastrous, but the next few months will be disastrous, too. Just lots of ... disaster ... going around. (cue grim laughter) Sooo, as I was saying: giant meteor ...
- xethos 8mo agoAmerica finally caught up to Canada and ditched the penny. That's a victory everyone can feel good about. Hopefully the nickel is on it's way out too, and we can get bigger bills back in circulation to catch up with inflation
- SubiculumCode 8mo agoI suspect that 122 was used for grift: numerous exemptions of specific companies were made, quite often after a company personally met with Trump or his family members.
- jjk166 8mo agoI believe you meant graft, not grift.
- drgo 8mo agoI believe 'grift' is a recent alternation of 'graft': https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-in-the-midst-vs-in-the-mist https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/usage-in-the-midst-v...
- SubiculumCode 8mo agoAhh, thanks! I was unaware of the subtle distinction. Definitely graft in this particular context.
- treetalker 8mo ago> give Trump what he wants … unlimited power This is a species of a genus. > the only other kind of power that he knows how to use … The truth is that he knows how to abuse all kinds of power. In the immortal words of Office Space, he celebrates the entire catalogue. > missiles and war ships Turns out the Constitution doesn't let him do that without permission either! > stop laughing at him What would it be like if we had a Freaky Friday situation in which a six-year-old's mind inhabited the body of the POTUS? Hold my beer.
- watwut 8mo ago> Turns out the Constitution doesn't let him do that without permission either! He is using them without permission tho. The army is regularly murdering people in pacific and Hegseth is all proud of it. Makes them feel manly. In general I agree with you that enabling and caving is wrong. But, army is already commiting crimes.
- foogazi 8mo agoAll sticks no carrots