Federal court just ruled Trump's tariffs illegal — workers paid $166 billion for nothing

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courts ruled trump's tariffs illegal. $166 billion collected. 82,000 manufacturing jobs gone. working people paid for a lie. #tariffs #workingclass #trumpeconomy #politics

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A federal court ruled Thursday that Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs are *invalid* and *unauthorized by law*. The Court of International Trade said the administration's legal basis under Section 122 doesn't hold. The law doesn't allow tariffs just because trade deficits exist. So they made it up and collected anyway.

$166 billion. Collected under tariffs courts keep striking down. The average household is out nearly $2,000 according to Rep. John Larson. Manufacturing employment has dropped 82,000 jobs since Trump came back. That's the scoreboard on the regime that was going to save the working class. Two companies — a Florida toy maker called Basic Fun! and a New York spice importer called Burlap & Barrel — had the nerve to sue. They won. The 24-state coalition got blocked on standing. So most of the people who got fleeced are still waiting.

The administration will appeal. They'll drag it to the Supreme Court and hope Barrett, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh bail them out again. In the meantime: no broad refunds, no accountability, no one who designed this facing any consequences. Working people paid the tab. Courts are cleaning up the wreckage. And the guys who promised you a manufacturing renaissance lost 82,000 manufacturing jobs and counting.

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so does anyone actually get a refund or is it just the two companies that sued
what happens when it hits the supreme court
why didn't the 24-state coalition have standing — that feels like a setup

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Federal court just ruled Trump's tariffs illegal — workers paid $166 billion for nothing

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courts ruled trump's tariffs illegal. $166 billion collected. 82,000 manufacturing jobs gone. working people paid for a lie. #tariffs #workingclass #trumpeconomy #politics

A federal court ruled Thursday that Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs are invalid and unauthorized by law. The Court of International Trade said the administration's legal basis under Section 122 doesn't hold. The law doesn't allow tariffs just because trade deficits exist. So they made it up and collected anyway.

$166 billion. Collected under tariffs courts keep striking down. The average household is out nearly $2,000 according to Rep. John Larson. Manufacturing employment has dropped 82,000 jobs since Trump came back. That's the scoreboard on the regime that was going to save the working class. Two companies — a Florida toy maker called Basic Fun! and a New York spice importer called Burlap & Barrel — had the nerve to sue. They won. The 24-state coalition got blocked on standing. So most of the people who got fleeced are still waiting.

The administration will appeal. They'll drag it to the Supreme Court and hope Barrett, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh bail them out again. In the meantime: no broad refunds, no accountability, no one who designed this facing any consequences. Working people paid the tab. Courts are cleaning up the wreckage. And the guys who promised you a manufacturing renaissance lost 82,000 manufacturing jobs and counting.

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