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Nonilex

The WH clarified that the 125% tariff rate on #China is in addition to Trump’s previous 20% tariff on China for its role in supplying #fentanyl & fentanyl precursors. So Trump has added #tariffs of 145% to China since coming into office.

This is on top of levies Trump put on China in his 1st term, which ranged up to 25% They also go on top of other tariffs the US has put on Chinese products for violating #trade rules, as well as Trump’s #tariffs on #steel, #aluminum & #cars.

#economy
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Kent Pitman

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Impeachment is STILL an option.

Maybe not over the tariffs [1] per se. But absolutely because the insane stink of this may be the smelling salts some GOP holdouts need to stop looking the other way on the felon's MANY impeachable crimes, not wanting the smell to rub off.

Plus the outcomes of the Wisconsin and Florida votes [2] could give them hope a primary threat can be beat. And they might FINALLY feel their greatest security is not as Friends of The Felon. Even though Dems lost the special elections, it was not by much. The GOP needs to read the room.

And the Dems need to throw them a lifeline if they try to act sanely. It would be terrible to lose democracy over a gripe about a few individuals who took way too long to see reason but finally did, and angry Dems thinking it was more important to see that injustice righted than Democracy saved. Politics is messy, and right now it matters to save the Constitution.

Well, not that I think impeaching the felon would put the Constitution in the clear. Vance is still a VERY dangerous guy [3] who wants an empire, not a republic. But one problem at a time.

It's really time for an impeachment.

Or even use of the 25th amendment, though on different grounds. The fact that he launched a trade war with penguins is one. [4] The biz about tariffs on smuggled fentanyl is another. [5]

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#politics #USPolitics #impeachment #25thAmendment #tariffs #economy #penguins #fentanyl #crash #recession #depression #BlueWave #resist #WisconsinSupremeCourt #democracy

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[1] bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2xpev

[2] politico.com/news/2025/04/02/r

[3] netsettlement.blogspot.com/202

[4] rollingstone.com/politics/poli

[5] bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelni

www.bbc.comTrump gambles it all on global tariffs he's wanted for decadesThe president acknowledged that he will face pushback from some, but he urged Americans to trust his instincts.
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Nonilex

“The president has justified the imposition of these #tariffs on, in my view, a made-up emergency,” said Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia & the lead sponsor of the resolution. “The #fentanyl emergency is from #Mexico & #China. It’s not from #Canada.”

The resolution… seeks to revoke the emergency declaration &, with it, #Trump’s ability to enforce the tariffs set to go into effect on Wednesday.

#USpol#economy#inflation
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joe•iuculano :mastodon:

Via #TheHill @ 8:40am ET on Apr 02, 2025

Trump is pressuring former Senate #GOP Leader #MitchMcConnell & other #Republicans he’s labeled “disloyal” in the upper chamber to vote against Democrats’ resolution to bar his #EmergencyDeclaration to impose tariffs on Canada, [urging them to]"...get on the Republican bandwagon & fight #Democrats wild & flagrant push to not penalize #Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of #Fentanyl...”

thehill.com/homenews/senate/52

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Jim Patterson 🇨🇦

It's good to see we have some allies in the #US Senate. Virginian senator Tim Kaine introduced a bill challenging #DonaldTrump 's bogus use of a #Fentanyl crisis to bypass Congress when he imposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Unlikely to change anything, of course. Even if it passes Trump could just veto it.
theglobeandmail.com/gift/47e14
#GiftLink #cdnpoli

The Globe and Mail · U.S. senators push back against ‘fake emergency’ Trump relied on to justify Canadian tariffsBy Kathryn Blaze Baum
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