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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Sep 2, 2025, 01:26 PM Sep 2

TSF Says $15 Trillion Investment In US Will Be 'Immediately Cancelled!' If Courts Strike Down Tariffs: 'Would Become A [View all]

Third World Nation'

President Donald Trump warned on Monday that a record $15 trillion in planned investment in the U.S. would be "immediately cancelled" if courts are permitted to strike down his tariff policies.

U.S. Appeals Court Rules Tariffs As Unconstitutional
In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform, he claimed that the loss of these tariffs would devastate the American economy, stating, "we would become a Third World Nation, with no hope of GREATNESS again."

The declaration comes in response to a recent U.S. appeals court ruling that deemed his administration's broad use of tariffs unconstitutional.

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided in a 7-4 vote that Trump had overstepped his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose the levies.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-15-trillion-233212173.html

He's pulling stuff out of the same place he keeps his head.
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