Rand Paul Fights Trump on Tariffs as Other Republicans Duck

Rand Paul Fights Trump on Tariffs as Other Republicans Duck

GOP Sen. Rand Paul Continues Push Against Trump Tariffs

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is continuing his push against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with legislation he is co-sponsoring against them to come before the Senate next week. Paul says lawmakers should be in control of tariffs, rather than Trump, through the use of a national-emergency law. The discussion will come less than a month after Paul was one of the only two chamber Republicans to vote against his party’s budget, which is seen as a key …

Rand Paul Fights Trump on Tariffs

“Congress needs to grow a spine, and Congress needs to stand up for its prerogatives,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters, complaining Trump relied on a national-emergency law to impose tariffs that Paul believes should be controlled by lawmakers.

It's an outrageous suspicion against Trump. Could his environment have benefited financially directly from what he did with the tariffs?