Trump wrote today (Beijing time May 11): "No payment made to the United States of America needs to be repaid"—if the Supreme Court adds this sentence to its controversial tariff ruling, the U.S. could save $159 billion! President Donald J. Trump
[Clever] A few comments: This is nothing short of a naked declaration of "national-level defaulting." Having illegally imposed tariffs that were later ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, he should have quietly refunded the money—but instead, he angrily complained that the court didn’t include the phrase "no need to repay" in the judgment, as if the rule of law were a joke and treaties mere scraps of paper. He constantly claims others are taking advantage, yet reveals a double standard: obey rules only when beneficial, discard them at will when inconvenient. This robber logic—wanting to collect money without accepting responsibility—shows not a single trace of dignity befitting a global leader. In truth, to him, the "United States of America" is merely a cash machine that can be exploited under the guise of rules, but never required to return profits according to those same rules.
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