“The Presidency Would..Be The Same!”

 Somebody’s really gonna have to sit this guy down…

Backroom 'hustlers' must not be allowed to destroy our Nation!" wrote Trump. "The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs. In other words, hundreds of politicians would sit around D.C. for weeks, and even months, trying to come to a conclusion as to what to charge other Countries that are treating us unfairly. If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same! This decision is being hailed all over the World by every Country, other than the United States of America. Radical Left Judges, together with some very bad people, are destroying America."

"Under this decision, Trillions of Dollars would be lost by our Country, money that will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," he added. "It would be the harshest financial ruling ever leveled on us as a Sovereign Nation. The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those that are doing it Economic and Financial harm. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

…and take him through Article I and Article II, maybe with pictures and crayons.

Trump. "The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs.... If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same!"

Actually, the Presidency would be the same. The same as it has been since 1789. And the “trillions of dollars”?

Ignoring the plane from Qatar, Benen pointed out that Trump appears to love the figure "$5.1 trillion." He uses it a lot.

"He referenced it a week ago when unveiling the 'Make America Healthy Again' report, which came two days after he pushed the same line during a visit to Capitol Hill, which came one day after he repeated the talking point at the White House," wrote Benen, noting that last week Trump even suggested the sum could even be “$7 trillion."

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A Washington Post fact-check said that Trump has recently begun claiming successes and foreign investments secured by President Joe Biden as his own. Trump's fuzzy math includes Biden investments as well as those Trump had previously secured before the trip. Still, Trump maintained that "in about two hours," he secured $5.1 trillion.

"The sum of the deals is under $1 trillion," the report said.

The New York Times report did its own calculations, saying, "The value of the agreements appeared to total about $283 billion.”

But he does love the sound of “trillions of dollars.”

All those old guard conservatives who incrementally moved closer and closer to MAGA are now members of a party that worships a draft dodger, hates NATO, loves Putin, started a trade war, passed record deficits, pardons criminals who beat cops, and hates the Federalist Society.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 30, 2025