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loegyesterday at 11:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

He doesn't actually "get away" with it. A lot of people, left and right, are unhappy about tariffs. But for now, he controls the executive, so it is what it is.


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mcmcmcyesterday at 11:23 PM

The problem is it was never an executive power to begin with. The unitary executive theory pushed by the Heritage Foundation is counter to everything the US was founded on. Decisions from the current SCOTUS are questionable given the conflicts of interest with certain spouses and the endless improper gifts.

LastTrainyesterday at 11:14 PM

This is entirely in the “rights” control right now, any of them “unhappy” with it are outliers.

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porkshoetoday at 12:06 AM

It's silly to claim that a lot of people on the right are unhappy about tariffs.

When Obama put a tariff on Chinese tires, right-wingers (correctly) argued that it was a bad idea that caused American consumers to pay almost a million dollars per "job saved" in the tire industry.

Today the right is in control of the executive, the legislative, the judicial, and and far more news media and... basically just crickets.

As for "he controls the executive". Bullshit. When a Democrat is in office, right-wingers remember that the President is not a king.

Please don't "both sides" this extremely one-sided attack on the American worker.