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He has a sycophantic majority in both houses. Why TF does he not just get legislation passed granting him broad powers?
I can only assume because some R's would not vote for it...?
My guess is that he wants to bypass congress partly to set a norm of bypassing congress because he’d prefer not to have to deal with them as he flails about.
Can't let them start thinking they have power.
Filibuster, which they are loathe to let go of since it lets them obstruct even when they lose all three branches.
It is likely that SCOTUS will make something up to let his tariffs stand, so no rush in dropping what remains of the filibuster.
Because nobody actually wants to be seen touching a tax hike. If Trump can own it, every congressman can go back home and say "I don't like the tariffs, but there's nothing I can do?!"
Not even that they couldn't be strong armed into voting for it. But that they can pretend to oppose tariffs in words while doing nothing of substance in deeds.
When they say there's nothing they can do, they're hoping you accept this lie and not push back that it's a lie. Make sure they own the tariffs as much as they own the Donvict. They are his enablers.