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dawg day

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11. i thought the president could only enact tariffs in an emergency situation?

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 08:48 PM

Sep 2019

I guess "in a time of war" is the term, though none of this has anything to do with the one war with only 14K troops.
And he's somehow going to claim that the EU-- several of whose countries have sent troops to that war-- is an enemy?

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tRump admin has proposed 100%, $25 Billion tariff on European items (not Gouda...oh wait. Yeah ) [View all] Roland99 Sep 2019 OP

You've got to think of this from his perspective. mahina Sep 2019 #1

Pasta? Iliyah Sep 2019 #2

Europe was his big goal all along.....just wait until he hits cars. AJT Sep 2019 #3

Is this to make us all eat Big Macs? torius Sep 2019 #4

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will no one, NO ONE ... dweller Sep 2019 #5

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Nooooo! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #7

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Not going to go over well......... Historic NY Sep 2019 #9

Hee hee hee! jpak Sep 2019 #10

Exactly what I was thinking. NCLefty Sep 2019 #19

i thought the president could only enact tariffs in an emergency situation? dawg day Sep 2019 #11

We've always been at war with Eastasia Roland99 Sep 2019 #12

There go the World Market stores. tanyev Sep 2019 #14

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Putin must be grinning sakabatou Sep 2019 #17

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