“All of these things I know so well.”
I kept rewatching Donald Trump read from Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s dissent yesterday in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, 607 U.S. _ (2026) for the laughs. We witnessed Trump in real time attempt to spin a crushing defeat into a stunning victory.
Trump — who is very good at reading language (just ask him) — quoted Kavanaugh (in italics):
Our country is the hottest country anywhere in the world right now. And it was a dead country one and a half years ago under an incompetent president. Now I’m going to go in a different direction. Probably the direction I should have gone the first time. But I read the language. I’m very good at reading langauge. And it went our way 100 percent. And now I will go the direction should have gone originally, which is even stronger than our original choice.
As Justice Kavanugh — his stock has gone so up, you have to see, I’m so proud of him — he wrote in his dissent,
Although I firmly disagree with the Court’s holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a President’s ability to order tariffs going forward.…
So, think of that.
the decision might not substantially constrain….
And it doesn’t. He is right. In fact, I could charge much more than I was charging.
Although I firmly disagree with the Court’s holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a President’s ability to order tariffs going forward. That is because numerous other federal statutes….
Which is so true.
authorize the President to impose tariffs and might justify most (if not all) of the tariffs issued in this case ….
Even more tariffs, actually.
Those statutes include….
Think of that.
Those statutes include, for example, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232)
All of these things I know so well.
[Pause for riotous laughter.]
This idiot perpetually sounds like a kid trying to bluff his way through an oral report on a book he didn’t read.