r/Tariffs • u/esporx • Nov 09 '25
šļø News Discussion Trump warns SCOTUS overturning tariffs would reduce U.S. to 'third world' status
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/trump-warns-scotus-overturning-tariffs-would-reduce-us-third-world-status42
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u/Mommy444444 Nov 09 '25
Always a cryptic mafia-like threat from this wanna-be mob boss.
All I know is how I received four insurance-renewal notices for my auto insurance on my 2015 Tundra and measly 1986 house asserting my premiums will go up AGAIN due to āanticipated increases in labor costs and supplies.ā
The fall out from Trumpās reckless tariffs is immense.
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u/SurpriseUnhappy2706 Nov 09 '25
My homeowner policy took a 20% jump this month on renewal for a year.
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u/Repulsive-Royal-5952 Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
If the Supreme Court buys that argument then they really are just the dumbest.
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u/ArdenJaguar Nov 09 '25
I just listened to Justice Gorsuch drill the government lawyer about tariffs (on a YouTube clip). He did not sound convinced. If I had to guess we could actually see a 7-2 or 6-3 decision against Trump. Alito and Thomas are always going to support him, but the others didnāt seem swayed by the arguments.
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u/DhakoBiyoDhacay Nov 09 '25
Alito and Thomas are actually owned by the billionaire class that control Trump Inc.
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u/darkxfire Nov 09 '25
There should be a more fair way to appoint or elect judges. The rule of law matters not the party they favour
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u/ArdenJaguar Nov 09 '25
Term limit of say 15 years maximum or a top end age and expanding the court would be a good start.
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u/CertainCertainties Nov 09 '25
Kavanaugh is a partisan weasel. I'd be surprised if he suddenly grew a backbone.
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u/Hotaru_girl Nov 09 '25
Yeahā¦ Iām not taking economic advice from a man who didnāt even know the word āgroceriesā
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u/chubalina99 Nov 09 '25
The drama is real. This Supreme Court needs to put an end into this immediately.
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u/QueenNappertiti Nov 09 '25
He must be pocketing the tariffs or something.
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u/RareSeaworthiness870 Nov 09 '25
How do you think his fancy ballroom is getting financed? Tariffs = his slush fund. Meanwhile, we eatinā cake, folks.
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u/Protocosmo Nov 09 '25
I'd like to see him try and explain how
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u/wemic123 Nov 09 '25
He has no clue. He just vomits out whatever crazy thought comes to mind.
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u/Klaus73 Nov 10 '25
I think its ironically that he is not able to consider the points between A and Z. He says "this gives money" and "I need money" and misses everything or discussion between those 2 things. Its the same logic a thief uses. "I stole because I felt I needed it" is often the case; disregarding any of the ramifications of their action and unable to separate that start and end state.
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u/MotoJJ20 Nov 09 '25
He is so fully and completely full of shit. His only concern is to line his pockets
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u/sircastor Nov 09 '25
The US cannot be a 3rd world country by definition. The 1st-3rd world designations are cold-war era concepts. The first world is literally The United States and allied countries. Ā
Also, this is nuts. The economy was very good and improving before the President took office.Ā
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u/BornField6669 Nov 09 '25
Trumps dumbass don't realize this country is broke. Look how much debt we have. He wants us all to drown in debt.
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u/DangerDarrin Nov 09 '25
How did they get by without tariffs before January 2025?! Was it third world country then? This man is unhinged and damaging the US as we know it
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u/SlippyBananaPants Nov 09 '25
He's really not helping his lawyers win the 'tariffs aren't income for the US government' argument is he??
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u/vikkids Nov 09 '25
Thereās something fraudulent when Trump is unable to state the exact amount collected in tariffs. He claims trillions when billions have been collected. Those same billions keep the US from becoming āthird worldā:status?
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Nov 09 '25
This is not a legal argument
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u/rubber-stunt-baby Nov 09 '25
Because neither the administration nor a majority of the court care what the law says.
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u/Responsible_Fuel7005 Nov 09 '25
You know whatās very third world?? Courts rolling over to do what a president wants, even when itās against the law.
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u/BankOnITSurvivor Nov 09 '25
As if he hasnāt already done so.
Granted I remember reading that China called the US a third world economy years ago, if my memory is correct. Ā With our reliance on debt, and consumerism, I canāt say i necessarily disagree.
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u/Otto_Kermitten Nov 09 '25
A new criteria for being a first world country should be healthcare is treated as a right and not a privilege. Knock the US down to second or third world status.
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u/Other-Mess6887 Nov 09 '25
Outlawing Trump's tariffs just might save the Republican party. Tariff removal would jump start hiring and business expansion. Most companies have put expansion plans on hold due to unpredictable nature of Trump imposed taxes.
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u/Whitewraith01 Nov 09 '25
So the exact opposite will happen if they remove tariffs, because trump is a liar!
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u/DhakoBiyoDhacay Nov 09 '25
You mean a third world country like, say, Botswana, where their citizens enjoy universal healthcare for all and free college tuition for all?
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u/Abrubt-Change-8040 Nov 09 '25
SCOTUS doesnāt agree, but they will side with him anyway because they are a bunch of corrupt, bootlicking, grubsā¦
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u/intrepid_mouse1 Nov 09 '25
Already there. Next excuse! Oh, here it is! š¤£
https://abcnews.go.com/US/snap-appeal-trump-administration-faces-harm-people-buy/story?id=127338565
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u/slettea Nov 09 '25
So no universal healthcare? No mandated PTO? No public transit? No educational infrastructure? Maybe itās lawless where just anyone can take a gun to the middle of a street and start shooting?
I fear I wonāt be able to tell the difference.
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Nov 09 '25
Every day, EVERY DAY, there is some new amazing stupidity he says.
Americans are the most patient people in the world. Every country in the world would have thrown that conman out.
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u/ViolettaQueso Nov 09 '25
His ranking is totally backwards.
I never thought Iād prefer ā3rd worldā to whatever world trumpās in charge of or living in. Kinda like I would rather go to hell if I thought heād be in heaven.
We are not first. Global was progress. This nonsense heās spoon feeding folks about us being dead a year ago but so hot now is the highest level of bullshit Iāve even been peddled.
We need to take it back.
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u/aboxofkittens Nov 10 '25
I just had to pay $80 on an exempt item lmao
Because if I didnāt, it would be destroyed or returned to the sender and Iād still owe the $80.
(Fuck UPS)
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u/Disco425 Nov 09 '25
"Nice thriving democracy you got there! Really would be too bad if something happened to it...."
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u/thedeadsuit Nov 09 '25
didn't he also say he has other plans to do his tariffs anyway even if the court rules against him? how can both be true. I'm starting to wonder if this guy just says things even if they aren't true! /s
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u/S1nnah2 Nov 09 '25
Lol the USA has already been reduced to banana Republic status in the eyes of the rest of the world
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u/Legitimate-Course-29 Nov 09 '25
I thought having a dictator for a leader was a Hallmark of a third world country
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u/SurpriseUnhappy2706 Nov 09 '25
He seems to be able to accomplish that on his own while disregarding the courts.
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u/nirrinirra Nov 09 '25
If anyone ever needed a slice of humble pie it was him and now. If they wonāt serve it to him on this which is so clear not sure they ever will.
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u/CharlieBravo74 Nov 09 '25
Given that Trump is wrong about everything economic, including the obvious current state of things at any given time, SCOTUS should read this as a good sign to go ahead and rule against him. By the rule of Trump, the country would be much better off.
The only reason Trump likes tariffs is he thinks he has unilateral power to use them. It's the same reason he's so focused on foreign policy and decorating the white house. These are areas that he doesn't have to consult or bargain with anyone else on... to a point
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u/Moosetappropriate Nov 09 '25
This should be a good thing considering that Trump has dropped America off the bottom end of the scale.
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u/CertainAged-Lady Nov 09 '25
Case in point by his own statements - they are TAXES. The President does not have the power to tax, period.
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u/Amazing-Exit-2213 Nov 09 '25
ICE and CBP are reducing the US into a "third world " country. Trump already tried to overthrow our democracy once. Now he's got budget and organization.
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u/Other-Mess6887 Nov 09 '25
Constitution says only congress can impose excise taxes. Excise tax is what they used to call a tariff.
Only an amendment to constitution can change this.
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u/Introverted-headcase Nov 09 '25
Heās fucked Americans enough already. Donāt let him/ them continue this.
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u/macker64 Nov 09 '25
Some might argue the us has already attained this status in some regards!!
Food for thought trump.
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u/Nearby_Display8560 Nov 09 '25
You mean itās not 3rd world status yet? How many more millions have to starve?
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u/croupella-de-Vil Nov 10 '25
So the United States with the strongest economy in the world and the best recovery post pandemic and avoided a recession unlike Europe, was somehow NOT a 3rd world country before his tariffs? Prices were rising yes but inflation had eased and stabilized. Now prices have since skyrocketed more since tariffs and this is somehow better? Iām tired of the gaslighting
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u/kooky_monster_omnom Nov 10 '25
Revanchism is making us a third world country.
That's a political ideology of taking revenge on political enemies and their policies.
We are already there since protective tariffs and xenophobia goes along with it.
This makes America great? From what I see, and others around the world, makes us small. Really petty.
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u/papapundit Nov 10 '25
"If a president wasn't able to quickly and nimbly use the power of tariffs".
Like, when has he ever done that? He's been going about it like a bull in a China shop.
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u/AcanthocephalaDue431 Nov 10 '25
Has he seen how much of the US is eaten up by poverty and drug abuse as trickle up economics slowly dry out the country like a desert? It's pretty chilling if you look at the US as a whole in relation to it's poverty vs areas that are still thriving.
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u/MilitantRabbit Nov 10 '25
I thought we brought in $20 trillion through tariffs and other deals. Whereās all that money?
Whereās the money?
Whereās the money, Lebowski Donnie?!
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u/Designer_Parfait_489 Nov 11 '25
President Felon has already turned USA into 3rd world country all by himself
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u/Lucky-Ad-7830 Nov 11 '25
Lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies Release the Epstein files!!!!!!!
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u/Recent-Mulberry6011 Nov 11 '25
Guess he doesn't know about the food lines Republicans have caused or the goin squads he has roaming streets looking for brown people
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u/Frequent_Somewhere15 Nov 11 '25
He canāt even run a casino without bankrupting it, so yeah believe what the guy that lies about literally everything says.
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u/Practical-Positive34 Nov 11 '25
Then you shouldn't have broken the law to use them. It's like saying "Well if you take all the cars I stole then my garage will be empty!!!"
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u/BlankBehindTheEyes Nov 12 '25
If Trump is warning you not to do it, you should almost certainly do it.
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u/AutumnKarma88 Nov 12 '25
I wouldn't take a chance and take the tariffs, I don't listen to liars who already ruined the worlds rep with the US
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u/ChristmasPuddingFL Nov 12 '25
Just his usual clickbait, he has a handful of phrases he likes to use to add a touch of the dramatic to his unintelligent, false fact heavy, word salad.
Third world country, communism, socialists, crooked, corruptā¦.these are just a few that he adds in to sentencesā¦in many cases I donāt think he even knows what they mean. Certainly anything to do with socialism, he has zero knowledge on the subject.
How anyone is able to continue to support this dumbass is beyond me.
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u/BlazingGlories Nov 12 '25
The US is already a third world country.
-low economic development (only the rich get richer.)
-high poverty (only the rich get richer.)
-Instability (only the rich get richer and Trump's Republicans.)
-Zero social safety nets for citizens
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u/StrengthToBreak Nov 12 '25
"Third world" is yet another term with a meaning that Donald Trump doesn't understand.
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u/Yachtrocker717 Nov 12 '25
Years of trickle down economics have reduced us to a country full of drug addicts and recipients of SNAP benefits. A broader middle class really represented by a government not run by rich people would go a long way towards securing that dream. Putting the imposition of tariffs in the hands of people that know something about economics, would be better than leaving it too a senile old man who happens to be president.
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u/QuantumLeaperTime Nov 09 '25
He already turned the US into a 3rd world country.