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This is pure misinformation. First, a post on a social media site by the President has no force of law and does not "impose" anything. Second, the President cannot invent a new law and can only apply authorities given to him by existing laws. Unless he's talking about DVDs that are manufactured in other countries and shipped to the US, it's extremely unclear to me how this would be implemented using legal mechanisms that actually exist, and it seems extremely unlikely that it would pass Congress.

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dragonwriter

8 hours ago

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> First, a post on a social media site by the President has no force of law and does not "impose" anything.

You are correct on this point, the correct phrasing would be “announces intent to impose” not “imposes”. You, however, proceed to make a similar error:

> Second, the President cannot invent a new law and can only apply authorities given to him by existing laws

This sentence misuses “can” (which expressed capability) in place of “may" (which expresses permission).

The President can act outside of authorities given by existing laws, and regularly does. The President may not, (under the Constitution and laws, consistent with his oath of office, etc., do so), but nothing actually prevents or, to date, imposes meaningful consequences after the fact, when he does, making that lack of permission more of an issue in abstract theory than concrete practice.

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echelon

8 hours ago

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Here's a better source that wasn't available at the time I posted this:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-impose-100...

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croes

6 hours ago

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> Second, the President cannot invent a new law and can only apply authorities given to him by existing laws.

Did this matter to Trump by all the things he did before?

You are confusing cannot with isn’t allowed to.

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bediger4000

8 hours ago

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It's excellent that they named Trump (presumably through the emergency powers of the office of the president) as the party responsible for the tariffs. More headlines need to do this instead of smearing responsibility around with "the government" or some other gauzy entity.