Not even 24 hours after the ceasefire with Iran was declared, the president’s tone has already shifted. Trump is once again turning to threats, this time of the economic variety. The President took to Truth Social to lay down his latest warning: “A Country supplying Military Weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately. There will be no exclusions or exemptions.” Can he do that? Recall that the Supreme Court ruled that he could not use the 1977 emergency law that the administration had been using to impose those levies at will. There is, technically, another lever Trump could try to pull: Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which allows tariffs of up to 50 percent. The problem? That law is meant to address discriminatory trade practices against U.S. goods, not weapons sales, so if the Trump administration tries it, it would be a legal stretch. The White House hasn’t responded when asked what legal authority, if any, the president plans to use to back up this latest threat. Whether he’ll be able to make good on it or not, announcing his intention to limit Iran’s defenses mid-ceasefire is an interesting way to reinforce a truce. The post Truce Undermined appeared first on Redacted.