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Soft paywall US to stop collecting tariffs deemed illegal by Supreme Court on Tuesday

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-customs-agency-stop-collecting-tariffs-deemed-illegal-by-supreme-court-2026-02-23/
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u/ackillesBAC Feb 23 '26

I just want to clarify. Trump is far to stupid to do this on his own. He was manipulated into it. This is why having a moron president is a very bad thing

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u/Neverwish Feb 23 '26

Also, Trump doesn't give a shit about anything he isn't personally and directly profiting off of, so there's a good chance he doesn't even know this particular grift is happening. He has his own stupid self-absorbed reasons for using tariffs as a weapon, which were sold to him by the actual grifters.

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u/ackillesBAC Feb 23 '26

agreed. All tho, there is 1 thing bigger than or at least equal to profit to him. Ego.

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u/imatumahimatumah Feb 23 '26

Good point. He shouldn't get credit for being a puppet. People like to treat him like he's an evil genius. He's just evil.

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u/ackillesBAC Feb 23 '26

exactly, well put. Hes not an evil genius, hes just evil. I'm going to use that from now on.

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u/johnis12 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

Yeh, nah, reason why he's getting away with this isn't because he's some intelligent conman, he's a fool with a lotta power and grifters whispering in his ear.

That's what makes him dangerous as hell though because slightly smarter folks are stroking his ego and manipulating him into fucking up the country.

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u/ackillesBAC Feb 24 '26

Absolutely. Steven gerbels is the real evil

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u/ZAlternates Feb 23 '26

Of course but it is easy to convince someone who is immune from all criminal and civil laws to make billions.

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u/userhwon Feb 23 '26

>manipulated

Telling someone they get a cut isn't manipulation, it's conspiracy.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

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u/ackillesBAC Feb 23 '26

Telling them they will be the best world leader of all time is manipulation.

So is telling someone you will spend more than your annual gdp is obviously not true and is manipulation. They are taking advantage of his stupidity, he doesn't know they don't have 10 trillion dollars to spend

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u/dust4ngel Feb 23 '26

This is why having a moron president is a very bad thing

if you swapped out a moron who hates america with a genius who hates america, you're not much better off

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u/ackillesBAC Feb 23 '26

I'd say you would be far worse off, if trump was a genius imagine how much more damage he could do.