The old man gets bent out of shape pretty easily when he doesn’t get his way. The Supreme Court decision to render invalid a significant portion of all the tariffs Trump has been unilaterally instituting really got under his skin.
A couple things happened afterwards—Trump went ballistic and later instituted more tariffs under a different statute, and opinion of the Court’s decision included a caveat of sorts: there are other high-profile decisions on the docket that will likely be decided in Trump’s favor. So, who knows—maybe this one was a strategic appeasement ahead of Roberts and Co. getting back to giving the man baby what he wants.
Besides, it wasn’t all disappointment for POTUS, especially since he and the EPA were able to relax regulations on mercury emissions and slow-roll closures of 11 coal-burning plants. That oughtta keep his fossil fuel buddies happy for a while.
You’ve still got it, Donald. Twirl that moustache. Nothing like relaxed mercury regulation to bring joy and warmth to that tiny heart of yours.
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