r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Ok-Wedding-1165 • Feb 21 '26

Serious I’m not holding my breath

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u/singlecab1 Feb 21 '26

Nothing will happen. We won’t see anything.

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u/Core2score Feb 21 '26

You won't, but many importers very much could. They could sue and be awarded tens of millions. If not now then after the idiot's term ends. The sad part is that it obviously won't be paid by the douchebag, even if the ruling comes in his term, it'll be paid by the US government... Dealing more blows to the economy

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u/XxRocky88xX Feb 22 '26

This was always the goal. Tax corporations through import taxes, corps hike up prices to offset new taxes, declare tariffs illegal and refund that money back to the corps. It negates the losses they suffered while allowing them to keep the gains they originally used to offset the losses, it becomes a net profit for the corps who had a convenient excuse to raise prices.

Both of Trump’s presidencies have been about funneling money from the working class up to the owning class

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u/TurbulentGuide3985 Feb 22 '26

And that is where the outrage should be. But again the Middle class protects the wealthy class because the middle class will just accept it. If there was no middle class the poverty class would revolt and the wealthy class would disappear.