There are many more tools available for the US government to play this game but tariffs are the quick and dirty way to do so (reducing trade deficits) that the president can enact directly.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

yeah I guess they delegated all that shit away, what a bunch of clowns

[–] CTHlurker@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Stricly speaking, legally he isn't actually allowed to do it. The actual legislation presupposes that the president has an actual emergency, but Trump decided to use the loophole of "If congress stops me my fans will kill them", which isn't exactly how the government is meant to work, but it does a decent enough job that nobody is interested in rocking the boat too much.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

The actual legislation presupposes that the president has an actual emergency

That's the neat part about the state of exception...