Trump risks GOP midterm election prospects by vowing to stay the course on tariffs

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The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner could have provided some much-needed cover for vulnerable Republicans heading into the midterm elections.

Instead, Trump’s vow to press ahead and use other authorities to make countries pay injected fresh uncertainty into an already fraught issue. 

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