Things sometimes move quickly when it comes to the Trump administration. This is one of those situations. As we wrote on Friday, after the Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision against the White House wielding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact many of its tariffs, President Trump signed several temporary executive proclamations and orders:
It is now official, with the White House releasing the text of a new proclamation signed by the president, in which he "invok[es] his authority under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974" to impose the 10 percent tariffs, beginning Feb. 24, for 150 days.
Trump also signed a separate executive order that "reaffirmed and continued the suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value shipments, including goods shipped through the international postal system, which will also be subject to the temporary import duty imposed under section 122."
In an additional action, according to the White House, "the President has directed the Office of the United States Trade Representative to use its section 301 authority to investigate certain unreasonable and discriminatory acts, policies, and practices that burden or restrict U.S. commerce."
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Now, the president shares in a new Truth Social post that he has raised the amount from 10 percent to 15 percent:
The post reads:
Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been “ripping” the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level. During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs, which will continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again - GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
As my colleague Bob Hoge wrote late Friday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a blistering dissenting opinion, on behalf of himself and Justices Thomas and Alito, about the Court's decision.
Dissenting Justices Sound Off: Read It: Kavanaugh Goes Off on Fellow Justices in Blazing Dissent, Calls Tariff Decision 'Illogical'
In turn on Saturday morning, the president lavished high praise on the three Justices, writing on Truth Social that he considers them all heroes:
It's more than likely that there will be more developments in this story, so stay tuned to RedState to make sure you're up to date.
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