Trump Said He Will Veto Senate Bill Targeting Tariff’s

By
Rachel Stevenson
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Oh, here we go again. The minute President Trump actually uses the tools of executive power to protect American industries, half of Congress suddenly remembers that they’re big fans of “checks and balances.” Isn’t that convenient?

After years of shrugging through executive overreach under past administrations — you know, when bureaucrats were making policy by fiat in the EPA and DOJ — now, now, they’re clutching their pearls over presidential authority. Because tariffs, apparently, are the new constitutional crisis.

Let’s get one thing straight: Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs aren’t some rogue act of economic tyranny. They’re a deliberate move to reset the global trade chessboard that’s been rigged against the U.S. for decades.

But instead of backing the guy actually trying to put American workers first, we’ve got a bipartisan clutch of senators pushing the “Trade Review Act of 2025” — a bill that basically turns foreign trade policy into a group project. Because nothing says strength on the world stage like letting Chuck Grassley and Maria Cantwell vote on steel tariffs while China laughs from the sidelines.

The bill wants the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of any new tariff, complete with an impact report, justification, and a neat little bow. Then Congress gets two months to hold it up, water it down, or scrap it altogether — unless it’s anti-dumping or countervailing duties, because apparently we’re still allowed to be slightly annoyed at foreign price-gouging.

This isn’t oversight. It’s micromanagement dressed up as concern for consumers. And let’s be honest — the same lawmakers whining about costs to consumers are the ones who’ve rubber-stamped trillion-dollar omnibus bills like they were ordering appetizers at a steakhouse.

President Trump didn’t waste any time calling this what it is: a dangerous limitation on executive authority and, more importantly, a direct threat to national security. And he’s right. Trade policy isn’t just about spreadsheets and price tags. It’s about leverage. It’s about sending a message. If you need Congress to sign off every time you hit a hostile regime or predatory exporter with tariffs, you might as well hand over your foreign policy playbook to Brussels and Beijing.

What’s more amusing—or irritating, depending on your caffeine level—is watching Republican senators line up to co-sponsor this thing like it’s some kind of bipartisan love letter to globalism. Mitch McConnell, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins… you can almost set your watch to their opposition whenever Trump actually gets bold. They’re all chirping about higher prices, forgetting that the same tariffs they’re bashing were designed specifically to bring back American manufacturing and break our addiction to cheap foreign labor and even cheaper goods.

And then there’s Rep. Don Bacon floating the idea that the bill becomes “very viable” if the stock market takes a hit or inflation ticks up. Translation: “We’ll stand with the President unless CNN gives us a bad news cycle.” Real backbone, folks.

Let’s not pretend the goal here is to protect consumers or stabilize markets. This is about control. It’s about neutering a President who won’t play nice with the cocktail circuit in D.C. It’s about putting the reins back in the hands of lawmakers who’d rather talk tough in committee than actually do anything that rocks the globalist boat.

The good news? Trump’s already promised a veto, and short of some legislative miracle (or a few senators suddenly mistaking CNN for a voter), they don’t have the numbers to override it. So, for now, the tariffs stay, the spine holds, and the President keeps doing what he was elected to do: defend American workers, with or without permission from the Senate’s permanent vacation crew.

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