Trump assumes power with tariffs that belong to Congress
Editor:
Our President said recently that he knows more about tariffs and economic sanctions than anyone. He may have been just kidding!
Does he know that he is the head of the executive branch of the federal government and that his role is outlined primarily in article two of the Constitution? The President is the person who is expected to enforce the law.
Has he read the Constitution or had anyone explain it to him? Perhaps he started reading it, got bored, and decided to play some golf before he got to sections seven and eight in article one. Article one outlines the role to be played by Congress in our republican form of government.
Had the President stayed with it long enough to check out sections seven and eight, he may have noticed that the power to tax was assigned by the Constitution to the legislative branch (Congress), not the President.
But that’s no big deal. He’s not bound by what those pesky founding fathers had to say. After all, in his mind at least, he may be above the law.
Sincerely yours,
Gary Kent
Albion
