Tag: Trump’s tariffs
Pritzker Invoices Federal Government for Tariff Refunds
“Your tariff taxes wreaked havoc on farmers, enraged our allies, and sent grocery prices through the roof,’ wrote Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate and frequent Trump critic. ‘This letter and the attached invoice stand as an official notice that compensation is owed to the people of Illinois, and if you do not comply we will pursue further action.”
— “Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter — and invoice — to the White House on Friday demanding $8.6 billion be refunded to his state’s 5.1 million households, roughly $1,700 each,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
TACO Wednesday in Davos A foolish consistency ...
Trump swaggered into Davos like a doddering old lout,
Threatening NATO allies with his tired old tariff knout.
But even as Trump was bloviating,
The tariff threats began evaporating,
Because, as was easily predictable, Trump Always Chickens Out.
Soy un Agricultor de Soja
China used to buy half our soybeans to make stuff like tofu,
But Trump’s tariffs ended that, now what’s a soybean farmer to do?
Ask millionaire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,
Who owns $25 million in soybean land for rent,
He told ABC News: “I’m actually a soybean farmer. So, I have felt this pain, too.”
CEOs Agree: Trump Is Bad for Their Business
“In private, the leaders of some of the country’s best-known companies say that a number of White House policies have been bad for their businesses — and possibly illegal, per the results of a survey from Yale School of Management,” Axios reports.
Some results:
- 71% of the CEOs said tariffs were harmful to their businesses.
- 74% said that the courts were correct to find that the Trump’s tariffs are illegal as executed.
- 80% said that the president was not acting in the country’s best interest by pressuring Fed chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates.
- 76% said that Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is putting U.S. public health at risk.
