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Daniel Solomon's avatar

Read Feathers of Hope.

1. Zero sum game. If someone lost $3 trillion, somebody else won it. IMHO Trump has surrounded himself with people who know how to short the market.

2. A few right wing Republicans are opposing him. Grassley has a bill that would remove his power to adjust tarriffs. A right-wing group with financial ties to Leonard Leo and the Koch network, the New Civil Liberties Alliance sued, claiming that Trump’s decision to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not give him the power to “usurp” Congress’s right to control tariffs or “upset the Constitution’s separation of powers.” https://newrepublic.com/post/193612/donald-trump-lawsuit-tariffs-far-right-group

3. He now is at odds with Musk, who is recommending a tariff free zone, the US and EU.

4. We can take advantage. Read Feathers of Hope. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/

Only takes 3 Republican House members to kick it off.

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Becca's avatar

Yes, a Bill to stop tariffs etc. but President trump will veto it and then the Congress has to override his veto with a vote of 2/3's of House and Senate.

If a King, dictator controls the enforcement of laws, the military, has enough power to force businesses, people to obey under his threats and abuse of power, it takes millions of people to RESIST, push back, disobey.

No one is coming to save us! We the People must sacrifice, persist, RESIST, remember the nation We the People envisioned through the Constitution, a Union for a law/order democratic republic.

We the People are the only ones who can save 240+ yrs. of suffering, dying, working, voting, fighting for a "more perfect Union." There was always HOPE and the MEANS to change our society, lives.

Now, it seems abuse of power, wealth, threats, propaganda, corruption controls our taxpaid governments.

Tariffs will give governments revenue and impoverish the "liitle people" with no power until they are dependent on the wealthy passing crumbs to them.

Tariffs may replace income taxes and will become a reason for tax cuts for the wealthy.

This is an old, transparent way to seize control of government, a country and millions of people. It never ends well for the People. Let's get BUSY!

NOW!

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Daniel Solomon's avatar

You have not checked out Feathers of Hope.....

The main reason Trump has problems within the Republican Party is national security. This merely compounds his weakness.

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