Comment by lysace
6 days ago
https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-tariff-ruling-updates
Furious about the defeat, Trump said he will impose a global 10% tariff as an alternative while pressing his trade policies by other means. The new tariffs would come under a law that restricts them to 150 days.
Don't you americans have some kind of mechanism for removing a president from office when the trust is no longer there? I remember hearing a lot about it during the Clinton era in the 90s.
In the US, Congress has two parts: the House of Representatives (members proportional-ish to state populations elected every 2 years) and the Senate (two members per state with 1/3rd of the body elected every 2 years to a 6 year term). To remove the President (impeachment), requires the House to "indict" the President with a majority vote; and the Senate to "convict" with a 2/3rds majority vote.
Both of these bodies are currently controlled by Trump's party. So .. it ain't happening. Trump's party supports his actions.
If Democrats win the house in the upcoming (November) elections, it is likely that they can pass an impeachment indictment for a number of causes. It is unlikely that the Senate finds the 2/3rds necessary to remove him from office, though.
Trump was impeached by the House twice in his first term (impeachment is rare in US history - it has happened 4 times and 2 of those are Trump); the Senate declined to remove him from office both times. Even after the January 6th riot, with MAGA literally storming through their offices threatening to hang their leader, only 7 Republican Senators voted to impeach. 43 Republicans voted No. With one of them, Susan Collins, famously saying she thought Trump had "learned his lesson." It's fair to say he did learn a lesson; but not the one Collins imagined.
> Both of these bodies are currently controlled by Trump's party
Is it not the other way around? The party controls Trump?
The GOP has been transformed by Trump. It's much bolder, more shameless, nakedly corrupt, openly hypocritical, and unafraid of burning bridges with allies who have supported the USA for decades (some for centuries).
As the sun downing continues the direction of influence may start flowing the other way.
At this point my guess is those physically closest to Trump have the most power. They control whom he speaks to last before opening his mouth.
Turns out, no, that mechanism doesn't actually exist.