The question is whether its too late to do much good.
The bill would require the president to notify Congress of any new tariff within 48 hours of its imposition.
Trump has said trade deficits are the emergency that allows him to do this, a laughable assertion.
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday, March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC.© Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
And Trump is the guy with all the guns right now.
World leaders outside the U.S. however, are a different thing entirely.
The global reaction has been one of confusion and anger.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen made an announcement in the middle of the night, U.S. time.
I deeply regret this choice.
Lets be clear-eyed about the immense consequences.
The global economy will massively suffer.
But Harris lost the election, as Americans decided theyd rather go with the fascist.
She warned us over & over again & she was so right.
Remember during the first Trump administration, everybody said Trumps tariffs were going to be inflationary back then?
We had 1.5% inflation, we had the fastest-growing economy in a generation, said Vance.
And then four terrible years of Biden administration.
Whats ahead for the U.S.?
Nothing good, it would seem.
USDA, for example, recently canceled$1 billionin spending for food banks and schools.
The term for this kind of move is resilience targeting.
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