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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(131,601 posts) Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:31 PM Nov 24

White House preps backup tariff plans before Supreme Court verdict as Trump says revenue will 'skyrocket

The White House is quietly preparing a backup plan for President Trump's tariffs, as the US Supreme Court is set to decide whether he had the authority to issue them in the first place. Bloomberg reports that the Commerce Department and the Office of the US Trade Representative have considered alternate plans in the event the court rules against the administration.

The replacement plans, which may face their own legal challenges, are a sign the White House is getting ready behind the scenes for SCOTUS to rule against the tariffs, even as the president remains optimistic publicly. Trump on Monday claimed the "full benefit" of tariff policies would take effect soon, arguing that foreign buyers who stockpiled inventory would be forced to buy more goods.

"Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET," Trump wrote.

The president invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy blanket tariffs on goods from other countries. But Congress is the branch of the US government with oversight of taxation and spending — not the president. It's not clear when SCOTUS will make its ruling.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-white-house-preps-backup-plans-before-supreme-court-verdict-as-trump-says-revenue-will-skyrocket-231853589.html

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White House preps backup tariff plans before Supreme Court verdict as Trump says revenue will 'skyrocket (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 24 OP

These people are whacked................. Lovie777 Nov 24 #1

Operating the government like a for-profit business bucolic_frolic Nov 24 #2

Wouldn't you think that Goofy would go to Congress if SCOTUS rejects his dumbass? He is just a trouble maker. walkingman Nov 24 #3

Trump has already Coldwater Nov 24 #4

Insanity: doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different solution. marble falls Nov 24 #5

More illegal practices and empty promises. Renew Deal Nov 24 #6

Republicans gloating about how big their tax hike is. unblock Nov 24 #7

Gotta admit, once IQ47 decides on an angle with which to con his gullible rubes AZJonnie Nov 24 #8

They Had 10(!) Months of Inventory "Stockpiled"... ProfessorGAC Nov 24 #9

Lovie777

(21,307 posts)

1. These people are whacked.................

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:32 PM

Nov 24

bucolic_frolic

(53,507 posts)

2. Operating the government like a for-profit business

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:37 PM

Nov 24

So what do you do with all that revenue, IF it materializes? Help the citizens? No. Flood the TechBros with tax cuts and fat wallets so they can build more AI to make the masses unemployed. So successful - if you're on the top of society.

walkingman

(10,202 posts)

3. Wouldn't you think that Goofy would go to Congress if SCOTUS rejects his dumbass? He is just a trouble maker.

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:46 PM

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Coldwater

(722 posts)

4. Trump has already

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:49 PM

Nov 24

rolled back tariff's on over 200 items in order to lower prices because he knows tariffs don't work

Because his entire economic policy hinges on imposing tariffs - he's screwed.

marble falls

(69,965 posts)

5. Insanity: doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different solution.

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:51 PM

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Renew Deal

(84,597 posts)

6. More illegal practices and empty promises.

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:52 PM

Nov 24

Just to jack up prices on everyone.

unblock

(55,832 posts)

7. Republicans gloating about how big their tax hike is.

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:21 PM

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AZJonnie

(2,475 posts)

8. Gotta admit, once IQ47 decides on an angle with which to con his gullible rubes

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 03:45 PM

Nov 24

He sticks with it, no matter how many times it's debunked by people who actually know what they're talking about. Because he knows the rubes live in an information bubble that inconvenient facts do not penetrate. He is very much an obvious acolyte of the "The Big Lie" strategy made famous by a murderous 20th century dictator.

To any wingnuts reading this post:

TARIFFS ARE NOT PAID BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THEY ARE TAXES PAID BY WHOEVER IMPORTS THE GOODS FROM THE FOREIGN COUNTRY. They are a TAX ON USA-BASED BUSINESSES, and these importers pass down these added TAXES on to their consumers as much as they possibly can get away with.

These are well-known facts, and YOUR DEAR LEADER HAS BEEN CONNING YOU ALL ALONG.

When he says "the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET", that means YOUR MONEY.

ProfessorGAC

(75,481 posts)

9. They Had 10(!) Months of Inventory "Stockpiled"...

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Mon Nov 24, 2025, 04:13 PM

Nov 24

...in today's operational philosophy environment????
10 months? They would have started stockpiling 6 months before the election happened to get over 10 months of inventory. Why would they even do that? Biden was still running and the election was never a sure thing for the felon.
The answer: they wouldn't do that.
Plus, the carrying costs of such excess inventory would rival the cost of the tariffs on a lot of those products.
Plus, some of the unbought exports are perishable. So, 10 months is out of the question.
Just another attempt to paint a disastrous policy, executed disastrously, as a success, economically.
It's not.

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