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Related: About this forumLawrence: Trump is the only president stupid enough to believe he has unlimited power to set tariffs - The Last Word
MS NOWs Lawrence ODonnell explains why every voter and everyone at the next Trump rally should be asking Donald Trump, wheres my refund? after the Supreme Courts ruling that Trumps tariffs are illegal and unconstitutional. - Aired on 02/23/2026.
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Lawrence: Trump is the only president stupid enough to believe he has unlimited power to set tariffs - The Last Word (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
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Jarqui
(10,882 posts)1. I'm still waiting for drug prices to drop 600% ... ...nt
Rhiannon12866
(253,210 posts)2. Same here! I have one very expensive prescription...
Janbdwl72
(259 posts)3. That's true.
Although it seems like one of the other worst rated Presidents by many historians, Warren G. Harding, did enact the Fordney-McCumber Tariff during his term trying to help American farmers hit by an expansion in European farm imports and to protect domestic manufacturing. Indeed, tariffs enacted under three Republican Presidents--Harding, Coolidge and Hoover--were seen as contributing to the Great Depression.
Rhiannon12866
(253,210 posts)4. Thanks so much for your historical analysis
And, as we know, the felon has no knowledge of nor interest in history - and it's likely that it's the same for all his appointees.