“Congress did not intend to set up a trade dictator where all tariff rates can be changed on a whim by simply declaring a national emergency."

-Douglas Irwin, author of many books on trade, to me, in this piece:
Reposted from Greg Sargent
Trump's eruption at Leonard Leo is deranged but the really bad part is where Trump basically says straight out that he should be allowed to disregard Congress when he decrees there's an emergency. He's laying the whole tyrant thing bare.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1959...

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