Trump’s tariff wreckage keeps getting more expensive
The aftershocks of Trump’s illegal tariff push kept spreading on February 26, with the White House still trapped in damage control after the Supreme Court blew up the core policy and importers kept moving to recover what they paid. The problem for Trump is not just that the tariffs were struck down; it’s that the government is now staring at a sprawling refund fight and a credibility problem with businesses that were forced to eat the costs first and argue later. Every day this drags on, the policy looks less like economic strength and more like a giant self-inflicted tax on the country.
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Trump’s tariff wreckage keeps getting more expensive
The aftershocks of Trump’s illegal tariff push kept spreading on February 26, with the White House still trapped in damage control after the Supreme Court blew up the core policy and importers kept moving to recover what they paid. The problem for Trump is not just that the tariffs were struck down; it’s that the government is now staring at a sprawling refund fight and a credibility problem with businesses that were forced to eat the costs first and argue later. Every day this drags on, the po…
The aftershocks of Trump’s illegal tariff push kept spreading on February 26, with the White House still trapped in damage control after the Supreme Court blew up the core policy and importers kept moving to recover what they paid. The problem for Trump is not just that the tariffs were struck down; it’s that the government is now staring at a sprawling refund fight and a credibility problem with businesses that wer…
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