1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

On August 26, 2025, Trump said, “I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” He should be able to get his agenda passed since your party has control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Instead, Trump has operated under emergency powers. He changed tariff rates about as often as we change socks. As Chief Justice John Roberts noted in the recent SCOTUS decision, a month after imposing a 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods, he increased the rate to 20%. A month later, he removed the legal exemption for Chinese goods under $800. Less than a week after imposing reciprocal tariffs, he increased the rate on Chinese goods from 34% to 84%. The very next day, he jacked them up to 125%. That meant the total tariff rate on Chinese goods was 145%. If YOU were doing your job, we wouldn’t have this huge uncertainty in the economy. The Tax Foundation estimated that Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household about $1,000 in 2025. That’s on YOU. YOU did this – you allowed Trump to run all over you and you chose the gutless way out. Start doing your job – he has already put tariffs on countries again – WILL YOU STAND UP TO THIS? Or will you be a pathetic weak coward? Quit taking so many vacations – you are getting nothing done. I’d like an answer.