What do you make of the way he's responded to the supreme court's ruling? He's 100% wrong. His tariffs were illegal from day one. He, we all knew that from day one. A tariff is a tax and a tax can only be put in place by the United States Congress. The supreme court, by a 6 to 3 ruling, made that absolutely clear. And the President, instead of doing what a president should do, which is listen to the Supreme Court and follow the order, did exactly the opposite. (00:43–00:50)
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Asserts that only Congress can impose taxes, including tariffs.
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