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After the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Senate Democrats moved to force the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenue. The political problem for Trump is no longer just that the tariffs were rejected; it is that the damage has become measurable, expensive, and immediate.
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After the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Senate Democrats moved to force the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenue. The political problem for Trump is no longer just that the tariffs were rejected; it is that the damage has become measurable, expensive, and immediate.
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After the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, Senate Democrats moved to force the government to start refunding roughly $175 billion in tariff revenue. The political problem for Trump is no longer just that the tariffs were rejected; it is that the damage has become measurable, expensive, and immediate.
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