Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that most of President Donald Trump’s “emergency” tariffs weren’t properly authorized, MS NOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin predicted he’ll use “other mechanisms” to reimpose them — citing Trump himself.
Rubin discussed the ruling during an appearance on “Ana Cabrera Reports” after Cabrera asked where all the money the government has collected from these tariffs will go and if it will be refunded.
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“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 more than $160 billion in revenue for the federal government, and while the Trump administration has previously claimed it would issue refunds if the tariffs were struck down, Trump said Friday that this will have to be litigated.
Rubin also appeared unconvinced that the high court’s ruling will actually stop Trump from imposing tariffs and told 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.”
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