And oh, by the way, by sticking tariffs on our neighbors in Canada and Mexico and Europe and Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea, it's hurting our ability to win this economic battle with China. But the most important thing is they're totally illegal. Congress has the right to impose taxes. Tariffs are a tax. declared a false emergency, a national emergency. And he's using that national emergency as the basis to go against the Constitution and try to unilaterally put these tariffs and tax increases in place. (06:05–06:10)
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Asserts that Congress has the right to impose taxes and tariffs are considered a tax.
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