The U.S. Court of International Trade has delivered a lesson on check and balance to the president of the United States … if only he knew what it means.
A three-judge panel ruled unanimously that Donald Trump overstepped his constitutional authority by issuing across the board reciprocal tariffs on the entire world. The ruling effectively ends — for now, at least — the idiotic trade war that Trump launched against this nation’s strongest trading partners and allies.
This really shouldn’t matter, given what the founders intended when they created a federal judiciary, but it’s worth noting nevertheless. One of the judges is a Barack Obama appointee, another one was nominated by Ronald Reagan, the third was selected by — you ready? — Donald Trump.
They spoke with one voice on this notion that Trump has no authority to act unilaterally by invoking these moronic tariffs. Trump has vowed to appeal the ruling. No surprise. It is his right to do so.
He keeps losing these court fights, yet he still claims to be a “winner.”
He’s not! Trump is a big-league loser.