Trump Will Use ‘Other Mechanisms’ To Impose Tariffs, Legal Analyst Warns | EUROtoday

Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that almost all of President Donald Trump’s “emergency” tariffs weren’t correctly licensed, MS NOW senior authorized reporter Lisa Rubin predicted he’ll use “other mechanisms” to reimpose them — citing Trump himself.

Rubin mentioned the ruling throughout an look on “Ana Cabrera Reports” after Cabrera requested the place all the cash the federal government has collected from these tariffs will go and if it is going to be refunded.

“Those are good and valid questions to ask,” Rubin answered. “And as messy as this opinion is, it gets even messier with respect to the pragmatics of what you just asked, right? How does the money get back?”

The tariffs Trump imposed raised greater than $160 billion in income for the federal authorities, and whereas the Trump administration has beforehand claimed it will problem refunds if the tariffs have been struck down, Trump mentioned Friday that this should be litigated.

Rubin additionally appeared unconvinced that the excessive court docket’s ruling will really cease Trump from imposing tariffs and instructed Cabrera that “the White House has essentially said, if we lose in the Supreme Court, we have lots of other mechanisms that we can use to impose the same or similar tariffs.”

Trump mentioned in November that he must “develop a game two plan” if the Supreme Court dominated in opposition to him, and Rubin mentioned she’s ready “to see how the White House deals with this backlash and what they say their next move is.”

“Because they may claim that there needs to be no interruption in these tariffs, that even though there was no statutory or constitutional justification here for using IEEPA to impose these tariffs, they can just essentially draw on another authority,” she continued.

Trump later confirmed that he has loads of different “methods” at his disposal — and introduced a brand new world 10% tariff. He railed in opposition to the court docket’s determination on Friday.

“The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” he mentioned throughout a press convention Friday afternoon.