Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
Best Of MacroBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of MacroBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd


The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Personal Finance / Macroeconomic Trends & Risks
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (23) |
Author: Steve203 🐝 HONORARY
SHREWD
  😊 😞

Number: of 4460 
Subject: Re: 6-3 Scotus Decision Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
Date: 02/21/26 10:56 AM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 5
Yes, so he will be imposing “global” 10% tariffs on some other legal basis (Trade Act section 122).

I finally got around to watching the presser last night. Two takeaways:

-there will never be a refund of tariff money already paid. The first time he was asked, he said he will keep it tied up in litigation for two years. Moments later, he was asked about refunds again, and said words to the effect "weren't you listening? they will be tied up in litigation for five years". He is expert at keeping things tied up in litigation, for years. He uses a "whack-a-mole" strategy: make one claim, run it through the system, losing at every step, until it reaches SCOTUS, losing there too. Then he makes another claim, runs that one all the way to SCOTUS, losing at every stop, Then he makes another claim. Wash, rinse, repeat. He has the best legal talent money can buy, and all the resources of the United States, to run the litigation for as many years as he wants.

-while the 150 day clock is running, he will have every country investigated for trade violations. By now, every member of staff in every department should understand the consequences of telling him something he does not want to hear. Every investigation will find the country in question "guilty as charged", and will recommend the tariff level that he wants.

In 150 days, we will be right back to where we were three days ago.

Steve
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to Steve203 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 4,454 posts about Macroeconomic Trends & Risks. The article-length ones it recommended most:
AI Tarpits · 36 recs · 2026
End of an era - profit slowdown · 36 recs · 2023
Control Panel: Trend changes in 2026 · 34 recs · 2026
From the Oregon Bay Area (a blogger) · 33 recs · 2025
Lerner Symmetry Theorem · 32 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (23) |


Announcements
Macroeconomic Trends & Risks FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Best Of Macro | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community