Trump helps Democrats come together on Tariffs….

Congress has given the American President discretion on Tariffs, which ARE the power of the Legislative Branch…

With Obama and Biden THAT (Tariffs) was NOT a problem for Democrats in tgrying to protect domestic markets

But NOW?

“The problem is not tariffs, generally. It’s the way that Trump is doing them,” said Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.), from a swing state that relies heavily on car manufacturing. “Trump tariffs are bad, and the American people are suffering. It’s a pretty easy message.”

Even Democrats who had previously made public breaks with the party on trade got on the same page this week.

“Democrats are pretty uniform, if not entirely uniform, in making the case that what’s happening right now is really dangerous,” said Rep. Chris Deluzio, a western Pennsylvania Democrat who last month penned an op-ed urging his party to “break free from the wrong-for-decades zombie horde of neoliberal economists” who argue that all tariffs are bad.

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The extensive nature of Trump’s latest tariffs — as well as the haphazard way they were rolled out — helps explain why Democrats have been able to rally around opposing the levies. Dozens of nations were targeted by Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs, and a formula his team used has been widely criticized.

It’s also the latest example of Trump taking an action and resolving the Democratic Party’s conflicts in the process. During his first term, Democrats on Capitol Hill largely joined together in disapproval of Trump’s immigration and tax policies, even as internal disagreements over those issues lurked underneath.

On tariffs, the leader of a powerful labor union headquartered in a key swing state who has backed some of Trump’s tariffs — putting Democrats in a difficult position — has signaled more leeway on his more recent levies. Shawn Fain, president of the Detroit-based United Auto Workers, said the global tariffs announced last week were “reckless.”

Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.), who’s flirted with a Senate bid, said, “There are all kinds of purposes and strategic purposes and ways to use tariffs. That’s not what this is.”

Other ambitious Democrats took similar positions….

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As Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) put it, Democrats would come together through “this crazy thing called legislating, where you actually bring people together of diverse views, and you see what people can agree on.”….

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