EP 1801 · Jul 19, 2026
Trump's Tariffs Make Americans Pay Three Times w/ David McGarry || 1801
RUN TIME · 01:19:11
Episode notes
The Supreme Court blocked Trump's emergency tariff strategy. So why is the tariff agenda already coming back through different laws? David McGarry explains who actually pays tariffs, why the costs multiply, and how protectionism can undermine America's own China strategy. Donald Trump originally relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, commonly called IEEPA, to impose sweeping tariffs.
After the Supreme Court rejected that legal theory, the administration turned toward Section 122 tariffs and Section 301 investigations. Josh Martens and David McGarry also break down trade deficits, Article I tariff authority, American manufacturing, retaliatory tariffs, farm bailouts, corporate welfare, supply-chain resilience, and why tariffs are ultimately taxes paid by Americans.
David McGarry is the research director at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance. Find his work at @davidbmcgary and protectingtaxpayers.org.
Chapters
- David McGarry joins Good Morning Liberty
- Liberty, Los Angeles, and political tribes
- The Supreme Court tariff battle
- Who actually pays tariffs?
- Congress and the history of tariff power
- Trade deficits, steel, and invisible job losses
- When every problem becomes a tariff nail
- Trade happens between individuals
- Supply chains, baby formula, and free trade
- Retaliation, bailouts, and the taxpayer triple hit
- Tariffs, allies, China, and global tensions
- Local government and one change for liberty
Links & resources
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