Trump's Plan B Costs You 10% More — And That's Just the Starting Price
Trump signed a 10% global tariff via Section 122 after SCOTUS pushback; DOGE released 7 years of Medicaid data; House ACA vote flips 17 Republicans.
HIGH ALERT
A historic 10% global tariff just took effect using a 52-year-old legal workaround, a 165-page January 6th brief was unsealed, DOGE dropped 7 years of federal health data, and Republican unity cracked on healthcare — all in one afternoon cycle.
Key Developments
Here's something nobody expected to happen the day after the State of the Union.
Trump went straight back to work — and **reached for a legal tool most Americans have never heard of**.
Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.
It's a 52-year-old law that gives a president broad authority to impose tariffs without the same legal scrutiny that tanked his previous orders.
And today, it became the foundation for a sweeping 10% global tariff on every country on earth [14].
Think about that for a second.
**Not a specific country. Not a targeted industry. Every country. Everything.**
The executive order took effect February 24th. And per a Truth Social post over the weekend, Trump is already signaling a hike to 15% — though no formal directive has been issued yet [14].
His supporters called it exactly what they expected.
As one post on X put it: "Trump is always one step ahead" [17].
His critics called it an end-run around the courts — a way to achieve the same result through a different legal door.
Both sides are probably right.
Here's the part that hits your wallet: **nearly everything you import from overseas just got 10% more expensive** — electronics, car parts, clothing, food ingredients.