More risky Business

Trump gave a congressman his full-throated ‘complete and total endorsement’ – then, about facing, told Republicans to vote against him in the primary. Complained he’d voted against putting tariffs on Canada.

But it’s not quite as simple as it sounds.

The congressman, a Trump supporter, didn’t believe a president had the power under the Constitution to impose tariffs alone. He needed Congress to agree. The congressman voted against what he saw it as a power grab. And that’s where he and Trump parted ways.

The story doesn’t end there. Trump’s popularity just hit a new low – 60% of voters don’t like how he’s doing his job. A huge change from a year ago.

When you like a politician, the first time you see him boasting, praising himself to get more power you might think, That’s not good. But it’s not really who he is.

But when the same politician grabs for power over and over, the day comes when shaking your head you say, Enough.
Instead of handing Congress a bill and saying, Here’re the tariffs we need – pass this bill, Trump threw the Constitution out the window, saying, I can do this. I don’t need Congress. Old laws won’t stop me.

That’s human nature.

But risky politics.

When a politician throws the Constitution out the window, since we live in a republic based on laws, he lands in a ditch.

That’s what happened to Trump.

Let’s hope, over time, Trump figures out he made a mistake. And goes to work to fix it. But it doesn’t look like he’s figured that out yet – after the Supreme Court ruled against his tariffs Trump, defiant, set out to do the same thing again.

But with people saying, Enough, that’s risky too.