After President Donald Trump announced that he’d raise tariffs on Mexico until the “illegal immigration problem is remedied” Thursday, Senate Finance Committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) blasted Trump for “misuse of presidential tariff authority.”
“Trade policy and border security are separate issues,” Grassley wrote in a statement. “This is a misuse of presidential tariff authority and counter to congressional intent.”
The senator, though a stalwart Trump ally, occasionally pushes back against the President, as he did last month amid the Department of Homeland Security purges.
Read Grassley’s full statement here via Mediaite.
"Trade policy and border security are separate issues. "
It’s possible that under Trunp’s policy, they’ll be related. Tariffs cause poverty and other problems, which in turn threaten border security.
Hey he is your President, so do something!
Counter to congressional intent? You might want to talk to McRuble about that, Grassley. He’s willingly ceded any possible congressional intent to the abomination, and so far the fascistgop has been fine with that.
I think there’s a lot of truth in this comment paraphrased from another site - it’s an overton window move. Once he backs off the tariffs and the markets somewhat recover closer to election he can take credit.
My view is that so much other shit is going to come out that Donnie Moscow is basically urinating into a force 5 tornado heading straight for the WH.