'Revolt in the House': For the first time, even Republicans said 'no' to Trump's tariffs

For the first time during Donald Trump's presidency, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a resolution that runs counter to the decisions made by the president.

The lower house of Congress overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the state of emergency and the tariffs imposed on Canada. Trump had enacted both of these measures in 2025. It's noteworthy that both Democrats and some Republicans voted to overturn Trump's decisions. The vote was 219 to 211.

The American press emphasizes that Trump "threatened every Republican with consequences if they voted for repeal."

Trump on social media:

Any Republican in the House or Senate who votes against the tariffs will suffer greatly in elections, including primaries.

Ultimately, six Republican congressmen decided to oppose Trump: Don Bacon (Nebraska), Thomas Massie (Kentucky), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania), Kevin Kiley (California), Dan Newhouse (Washington), and Jeff Hurd (Colorado). However, one Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, supported Trump's decision.

At this point, the House resolution itself is purely formal. It still needs to pass through the Senate, which also has a Republican majority. But that's not all. Ultimately, the document must land on Trump's desk, and there's little chance he'll lift the tariffs and the state of emergency he himself imposed.

However, American experts note that the precedent itself is important here. For the first time during Trump's second presidency, the US Congress passed a resolution effectively condemning Trump's measures. Several US media outlets called this precedent a "revolt against Trump in the legislature." This suggests that Trump is losing support in Congress, even among his fellow party members. He even called those Republicans who voted to condemn his tariff policy "those who made a big mistake."

Comments

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ Trump on social media:
Any Republican in the House or Senate who voted against the tariffs will suffer seriously in the elections, including in the primaries ❞ —

— I would declare those who vote against, or their ancestors who once came to America, illegal immigrants and expel them from the country...

[paul3390]

Well, everyone there is a migrant—even the Indians once came to America from what is now Russia. Which, you must admit, is extremely suspicious...

[paul3390]

I don't really understand Donnie's pathological penchant for tariff gimmicks. Tariffs are good when you want to protect your industry from cheap foreign goods. But if you don't have any at all, that means your own citizens will pay for vital imports! First, build your industry, and then protect it. Otherwise, how will people survive without goods?
And to revive industry, we need a genuine revolution, because with the current total dominance of global financial capital, any such efforts are simply laughable. And we simply need to bring the lazy population to their senses.

[Mini Mokik]

"But if you don't have it at all, that means your own citizens will pay for vital imports!"
Not quite right. Look, I sometimes sell things on eBay. I'm in Europe. If the buyer is from the US, eBay automatically charges me the Trump tax. So, I pay it. If I factor it into the price upfront, I won't sell the item at an inflated price. Another option is to simply remove the US from the shipping list. But then the pool of buyers also shrinks.

[Mini Mokik]

If I'm just sending something to the US, I fill out a customs declaration, and the carrier will charge me the duty.

[Foggy Dew]

In both cases, the question is: if this product is not produced in the USA, then won't you sell it because of the high cost or because of the lack of benefit for you? For an American, it's like a stump on an owl, like an owl on a stump - he has no product.
So what's the point of tariffs on China, for example, when it comes to rare earth metals, when the US even takes the ore mined in the US to China for rare earth metal production - they don't have their own enrichment!
Canada is also funny – but why the hell do you need Greenland, when the Finns are now building icebreakers for it, using Canadian money and some hand-me-downs? So, with this policy, it's the US, not the icebreakers, which means it's Greenland, not Greenland.

[Mini Mokik]

I simply outlined the situation in Europe. Tariffs are effective, and they flow to the US. The Americans, however, are probably also experiencing problems with import shortages. Although the Chinese could receive subsidies from their government and keep prices affordable for striped whales.

[HUMANOID]

Tariffs are good when you want to protect your industry from cheap foreign goods. But if you don't have any at all, that means your own citizens will pay for vital imports! First, build your production, and then protect it. Otherwise, what will people do without goods?
There are no goods, but DEMOCRACY? It will be more expensive than gold.

[Coconut Tima]

"Riot in the Ward" "The castrati have rebelled, entering Papa's chambers..." (A.K. Tolstoy)

[snow mountain]

Quote: Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov

— I would declare those who vote against, or their ancestors who once came to America, illegal immigrants and expel them from the country...

Or I would send them all to Alaska to break ice.

[carpenter]

Quote: Schneeberg

Or I would send them all to Alaska to break ice.

It's time to populate Greenland, everyone there.

[Mikhail3]

Democracy is democracy. You can vote as your civic conscience dictates. But your party leader is openly threatening you...

[Jacques sekavar]

Every Trump decision is controversial and has serious side effects, but overall, his policies are aimed at US interests, and today there's no one else in sight who would defend them with such determination, both domestically and internationally. The problem is that Trump's term in office won't allow him to complete what he's started. Trump has changed the world, and even the future 48th President, Newman, from the party of asses, won't be able to reverse it.

[Junior Private]

There's a concept called protective tariffs, where the state protects and develops a "lagging" industry while reducing taxes. But that's not the case with Trump. What Trump is doing is called something else: sanctions-based terrorism with accompanying plunder. It's standard US policy to keep entire countries in poverty. Cuba and Venezuela, for example, could live normally without democratic intervention.

[Vasyan1971]

Trump "threatened every Republican with consequences if they voted for repeal."

Yeah. Wherever you want, he says, I'll find you and slit your throat!

[don_Reba]

Not everything is for the redhead with butter, not everything