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And one country is the one with all the stuff that the other is addicted to buying cheaply

Sure but Trump also doesn't support free trade, doesn't believe in it, and doesn't at all care about the fallout from ending it.

The Congress legally can revoke delegation of its tariff/tax power. But the political cost is too high. The tariffs will stick no matter what until the 2026 election. There is no chance 2/3rds of the House overrides a presidential veto.

2/3 of the house means ~1/3 of the republicans. the tariffs as planned will have a disastrous effect on american consumers. I find it unbelievable that they wouldn't begin pressuring their representatives almost immediately.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5236989-partisan...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5236599-thune-trump-tari...

Believe it. With polls like this, no chance of a vote to overrule the president on tariffs. He said he was going to do this. It was central to his campaign. The single most repeated thing he promised were big tariffs.

Thing is, this is before most of the tariffs go into effect; current tariff impact is really mostly limited to people who care about the stock market. Give it a month or so of price hikes, consumer good shortages, and job losses, and polls may show something different.

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