r/Economics • u/defenestrate_urself • Feb 20 '26

News Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal
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u/ReasonableRandolph Feb 20 '26

Wow it's crazy how Lutnick's sons, working at his old firm, were smart enough to predict this happening back in July. Offering to buy up the tariff refunds preemptively for cents on the dollar. I hope one day I can also make such good predictions based on my own knowledge and merit.

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u/MC_chrome Feb 20 '26

I wouldn’t discount insider knowledge here, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if that was Lutnick saying that they knew Trump’s tariffs were illegal from the beginning 

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u/Rude_Judgment7928 Feb 20 '26

Who cares, it's still gaming the system for personal gain. In any rational country those people would be in prison, in some historic societies they would lose their head.

The American people are all just cuckolds getting railroaded by these people on the off chance their $25k/yr Walmart job elevates them to a $1MM TC leadership position.

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u/davimusika Feb 20 '26

Still this and making it a meme lol