Bull(shit) in the Tariff Shop

Well, let’s see. Having previously castrated Congress, Trump is now setting out to do the same to the Supreme Court. After SCOTUS ruled against his administration’s tariffs that were levied based on made up emergencies, Trump has essentially said that he’ll just keep them in place using other authorities.

Of course that begs the question as to why he didn’t use those authorities in the first place. Oh, and he’s going to level an additional 10% tariff on the rest of the world in addition to piling that on top of those he’s allowed to keep. But set that aside. Any way you look at the 6-3 SCOTUS decision it’s a political and legal loss for POTUS. But then, hell hath no fury like a pedophile scorned.

Sulking like a scolded child, Trump’s typical insult laden bullying remarks also went after the justices (both conservative and liberal) that did not vote in his favor, so you know he’s he’s doing that sulking like a wounded beast in a corner waiting to strike back.

So, all and all Trump is basically giving a big middle finger to the Supreme Court the same way he has the rest of the country’s institutions, as he continues to make a world that only he sees in what’s left of his delusional mind. SCOTUS may have tried to reset the tricky balance between Congress and the Executive Branch with this decision, but asking that castrated branch to get it up and act feels comically painful now that Trump is kicking them in the balls as well. Justice Gorsuch’s eunuch-like plea for a divided system of government sounds almost lullaby-like in its longing.

Lots of words will be written and spoken about what it all means. They won’t mean much. Given the SCOTUS decision and the pouty sour grapes speech following it, no one really knows what the economic damage will or won’t be at this point. But the political wreckage is easy to see. Suffice it to say, the situation is more than a messy minefield that will take some time to find a path through. We’d probably be better off just letting this wild bullshit artist rampage through it.

Shit’s gonna need to be cleaned up anyway.

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