Comment by dguest

Except it seems like the president has more control over tariffs.

Taxes are approved by congress, so this was surprising to me. Does the president essentially has full reign to tariff whoever they want (for whatever reason) until the end of their term?

Maybe this is less about economic independence and more about grabbing whatever power is within reach. If domestic taxes were up to the president and tariffs were up to congress, would we see exactly the same situation with domestic taxes?