Trump’s pledge turned tariffs into a kind of political lottery ticket: endure a little trade war,
then cash in on a $2,000 reward supposedly paid by foreign governments.
In reality, the burden landed on American businesses and consumers, while the revenue stream proved too thin and volatile to sustain anything like a universal dividend.
Families were sold a dream financed by their own higher costs, disguised as free money from abroad.
As the courts move closer to ruling on his use of emergency powers, the stakes have shifted from policy debate to potential legal reckoning.
If the Supreme Court reins in those authorities, it won’t just puncture the fantasy of tariff-funded checks; it could force a painful unwinding of past actions.
What was marketed as a populist breakthrough may be remembered instead as a costly detour—an expensive, confusing promise that never truly arrived.
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