In all the talk of US trade deficits forcing Trump et al. to erect tariff barriers to "rebalance trade", we've lost or ignored the fact that the US has an enormous digital trade surplus. See, for instance, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49141-z" rel="nofollow">this paper</a> Estimating digital product trade through corporate revenue data. The US's main conventional export is currently petroleum, but it exports over twice as much in digital advertising. The US's overall "digital exports" are larger than the total exports of France, which is the world's 7th leading exporter. However, these numbers are not typically included in reports about trade deficits or surpluses.<br><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/useconomy/" rel="tag">#USEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/globaltrade/" rel="tag">#GlobalTrade</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a><br>
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<p>Today I launch โAmped Up w/ Cliff Schecter,โ my new <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a> show every Thur 2pm et!</p><p>@ 2pm et TODAY I talk w fab co-host David Shuster & great guest Joe Walsh w some righteous anger & cutting humor re Trumpy & Co</p><p>Exclusively on Substack <a href="https://open.substack.com/live-stream/21418?r=j0lyx&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/live-stream/21418?r=j0lyx&utm_medium=ios"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/live-stream/</span><span class="invisible">21418?r=j0lyx&utm_medium=ios</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a></p>
<p>So Much Content At SUBSTACK! Head Over, Become A SUBSCRIBER!! </p><p>" <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#Trade</a> & <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> Aren't a GoFundMe! The <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> Wasn't PlayedโWe Wrote the Rules!" <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/trade-and-security-arent-a-gofundme" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/trade-and-security-arent-a-gofundme"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/trade-and-sec</span><span class="invisible">urity-arent-a-gofundme</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>
<p>While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for โreasons unknown to mankindโ and caused the Great Depression.</p><p>Hereโs the real history.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/his</span><span class="invisible">tory-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>SHAME - FREEDOM IS DYING! RESIST TRUMP TARIFFS ANTI TRUMP MERCH<br><a href="/tags/dashery/" rel="tag">#DASHERY</a> <a href="/tags/shame/" rel="tag">#shame</a><a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/statueofliberty/" rel="tag">#statueofliberty</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/antitrump/" rel="tag">#antitrump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <br><a href="https://prometheus31.dashery.com/products/74175430-statue-of-liberty-shame-resist-protest-anti-trump--t-shirt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="prometheus31.dashery.com/products/74175430-statue-of-liberty-shame-resist-protest-anti-trump--t-shirt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prometheus31.dashery.com/produ</span><span class="invisible">cts/74175430-statue-of-liberty-shame-resist-protest-anti-trump--t-shirt</span></a></p>
<p>Republicans in the US Congress are STRIPPING THEIR OWN POWER AWAY in acquiescence to the US president.</p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>โ</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/republicans-house-tariffs-emergency-trump.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/politics/republicans-house-tariffs-emergency-trump.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/republicans-house-tariffs-emergency-trump.html</span></a></p>
<p>Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion<br>โ</p><p>The administrationโs lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. โIt could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,โ one lobbyist said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-tariffs-exemptions-pet-lobbyists-asbestos-confusion-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/industry/" rel="tag">#Industry</a></p>
<p>A stunned <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> finally wakes up to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>โs <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#Greenland</a> threat</p><p>An emergency meeting of <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trumpโs threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenlandโs capital Nuuk joined <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> against any potential <a href="/tags/annexation/" rel="tag">#annexation</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/imperialism/" rel="tag">#imperialism</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#trade</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/sovereignty/" rel="tag">#sovereignty</a> <a href="/tags/denmark/" rel="tag">#Denmark</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#NATO</a> <a href="/tags/newworldorder/" rel="tag">#NewWorldOrder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/internationallaw/" rel="tag">#InternationalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/</span><span class="invisible">europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a>, Twaddle, and <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>: A Deal Fit for a Dolt</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/tariffs-twaddle-and-trump-a-deal" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/tariffs-twaddle-and-trump-a-deal"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/tariffs-twadd</span><span class="invisible">le-and-trump-a-deal</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/japan/" rel="tag">#japan</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
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<p>Newest <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a>: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! <a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-se</span><span class="invisible">arch-for-identity-psst-sherrod</span></a> - "As <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> search for identity, <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH. </p><p>Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean thereโs not a problem. B/c there is, itโs a major & itโs one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#senate</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a></p>
<p>I predict that by Black Friday shopping and Christmas shopping, in general, inflation will be at an all time high - double digits. </p><p><a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#Inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#Economy</a> <a href="/tags/fedrate/" rel="tag">#FedRate</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#Tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPOL</a></p>
US tariffs boil down to a regressive sales tax that largely affects non-wealthy people after the removal of the de minimis exclusion. Combined with the bill that reduced the tax burden of the wealthy and corporations, the net result is to accelerate the movement of wealth to the wealthy. That's been happening for decades, but at this point it's now eroding ordinary peoples' hobbies to the point that they might have to give them up.<br><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/jasonkoebler/statuses/115174753970647636" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/users/jasonkoebler/statuses/115174753970647636"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/users/jasonkoe</span><span class="invisible">bler/statuses/115174753970647636</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>
<p>"๐๐จ๐ฐ <a href="/tags/๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ/" rel="tag">#๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ</a> ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ <a href="/tags/๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ/" rel="tag">#๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ</a> ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ <a href="/tags/๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐/" rel="tag">#๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐</a> ๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ" </p><p>๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ <a href="/tags/๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐/" rel="tag">#๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐</a> & ๐๐๐๐๐ <a href="/tags/๐๐๐๐๐๐m/" rel="tag">#๐๐๐๐๐๐m</a> / <a href="/tags/๐ด๐จ๐ฎ๐จ/" rel="tag">#๐ด๐จ๐ฎ๐จ</a>, ๐๐ ๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐: </p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reiner-decoded-our-politics-fa0" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reiner-decoded-our-politics-fa0"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/how-rob-reine</span><span class="invisible">r-decoded-our-politics-fa0</span></a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> <a href="/tags/bam/" rel="tag">#BAM</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#film</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/pr/" rel="tag">#pr</a> <a href="/tags/narrative/" rel="tag">#narrative</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a></p>
<p>They made their point. Loud and clear. Worldwide. And thank you, Daddy Reagan.</p><p>"Ontario pausing Reagan ad as Trump terminates Canada trade talks"</p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/trump-canada-doug-ford-reagan-trade-tariffs.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/trump-canada-doug-ford-reagan-trade-tariffs.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/trump-</span><span class="invisible">canada-doug-ford-reagan-trade-tariffs.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/reagan/" rel="tag">#Reagan</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/ontario/" rel="tag">#Ontario</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>
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The Boston Tea Party was about one person having unilateral power to impose tariffs (duties). The US was formed out of an opposition to this power and the US Constitution has specific language about it. It'd be quite a thing if the US Supreme Court undoes this founding principle. You might call that counterrevolutionary.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/bostonteaparty/" rel="tag">#BostonTeaParty</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>
<p>Again & again since <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> returned to the White House, <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a>โ conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policiesโฆ.</p><p>But on Wednesday, the justices will consider for the first time whether to say โnoโ to Trumpโฆ.</p><p>At issue is the legality of hisโฆuse of emergency powers to impose sweeping <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> on nearly every US trading partner. The outcome of the case could significantly affect the global <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a>โฆ.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/supreme-court-trump-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
I am fully against hopium, copium, and their derivatives, but I think this is interesting.<br><br>Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump's tariffs in a major blow to the president<br><br>From <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>
<p>Trump announced today that his new global tariffs are 15% after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling finding his broad IEEPA tariffs illegal.</p><p>He wants to keep his mob-boss strong-arming leverage!</p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/mythoughts/" rel="tag">#MyThoughts</a></p>
<p>They Jail Coup Plotters and Predators. We Shield <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-coup-plotters-and-predators" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-coup-plotters-and-predators"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/they-jail-cou</span><span class="invisible">p-plotters-and-predators</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#scotus</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#epstein</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#epsteinFiles</a></p>
<p>"Sleazebags"* -- What Trump called the relatively small-sized businesses that brought the <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> case to the Supreme Court.</p><p>It sounds like he plans on stiffing them (not paying them back their revenue lost because of Trump's tariffs, like the Supreme Court ordered), because when asked whether he planned to pay them as ordered, he said, "We'll be in court for the next five years."</p><p>/1<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a></p><p>* c/o CNN (live press conference coverage video)</p>
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