On the morning of February 28, 2026, America went to war. Not in the way it has gone to war in the modern era—with congressional authorization, lengthy intelligence briefings, and months of public debate—but with an eight-minute video posted on Truth Social. Bombs fell on Iran before most Americans had finished their morning coffee.
The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling striking down President Trump’s tariffs goes beyond dismantling a central pillar of the administration’s trade policy. It also significantly constrains the executive branch’s ability to impose tariffs unilaterally, shifts authority in tariff decision-making back to Congress and alters the strategic calculus of U.S. economic statecraft.
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