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underpants

(195,571 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:21 PM Jan 18

(It's a Trump-22) BESSENT: "The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency" (X & text)

WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?

BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency


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(It's a Trump-22) BESSENT: "The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency" (X & text) (Original Post) underpants Jan 18 OP
The National Emergency is "Saving our Asses"... haele Jan 18 #1
If SCOTUS decides against the tariffs... underpants Jan 18 #3
The money in Qtar? Moscow? SheltieLover Jan 18 #6
The Venezuelan oil money went to a Qatar account underpants Jan 18 #7
Ty SheltieLover Jan 18 #8
And the paranoid bedwetters House of Roberts Jan 18 #2
This is like hedging against the future by destroying the present. That way it can only get better. erronis Jan 18 #4
Release the TRUMP EPSTEIN FILES SheltieLover Jan 18 #5
What does that even mean? duckworth969 Jan 18 #9
WMD! WMD! WMD! moondust Jan 18 #10
WHAT does Cheato have on this guy? flamingdem Jan 18 #11

haele

(15,192 posts)
1. The National Emergency is "Saving our Asses"...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:26 PM
Jan 18

And hiding the Epstein Files. Or making people forget.
And *rump is Bored, while the rest of the Cabal aren't making enough profit this quarter.
Which is the real emergency.

underpants

(195,571 posts)
3. If SCOTUS decides against the tariffs...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 03:00 PM
Jan 18

Not likely I know but if they do, we have to pay it back and his first year (at least) will historically be a disaster. It really already is but it will be official. Also, we’ll see if they actually have all the money which I’ve read speculation that they may not.

underpants

(195,571 posts)
7. The Venezuelan oil money went to a Qatar account
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 05:22 PM
Jan 18

I’m inclined to trust the pros at Treasury but tariff money does transfer from Commerce ….and every transfer has the risk of a heist and we are talking about thieves here.

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