It will be a nice birthday present

A court order usually adjudicates if something is illegal and stops it. Trump believes his actions can’t be illegal because he is president, hence this situation.

“I hereby pardon Mr Musk for anything past, present, future” -Big marker signature

For what’s worth, DoE was established in 1979.

True. Microwaves, tv dinners, and hot pockets.

Back in 1890, there was no income tax. The federal government was funded through tariffs. With the upcoming rewrite of the tax code, the current administration needs new revenue, and trariffs are one of the few the president cab levy unilaterally.

I imagine you have a fridge, a stove, and know how to cook. Sometimes you cook at home, sometimes you eat out.

Let’s say that you want to stop eating out, or maybe save money, or maybe you do it just because it’s fun: each time you order out, you put 25% of the bill in a jar at home.

Eating out becomes more expensive for you (now that you need to pay the jar), but the restaurant makes the same money. In the long term, the restaurant might loose out on money if you decide that paying the jar is too expensive and you just decide to cook at home. But hey! You have a jar full of money at home. Maybe you’ll do something with it one day.

Replace the jar with tariffs and cooking out with whatever we buy from around the world and you have what’s happening now.