The administration argues that relying on imported metals could reduce demand for American-made materials, leaving the US with less domestic production and fewer critical supplies in the event of a national emergency.

And because brass instruments are made mostly from copper and zinc, they have been swept into the same net as fire extinguishers, floor safes, electrical cables, welding-machine parts, and tanker trailers.

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    the tariffs that, again, the courts already ruled were unconstitutional. Trump doesn’t have the authority to levy taxes/tariffs. And yet, he keeps ordering tariffs around for bullshit national security reasons.

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      I cannot understand why Trump just says “Do these things that break the law” and everyone just fucking does it.

      I was actually shocked that he didn’t just coerce everyone into halting birthright citizenship

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        I mean, didnt he? He just put out an executive order to attack birthright citizenship immediately after and in response to the supreme court upholding that its a constitutional right. He doesnt give af what courts say, or the law says.