Mara Liason

Despite President Trump's claims that the U.S.

economy is roaring like it's never roared before, job creation is down.

The February jobs report showed that the U.S.

economy shed 92,000 jobs last month.

Oil prices are up.

The stock market is down.

And in special elections this cycle so far, Democratic candidates keep winning despite their party's historic unpopularity.

Still, the president continues to take big risks, including pursuing a war that majorities of American voters oppose.

Less than 40% of Americans tell pollsters they approve of the war in Iran, denying President Trump the rally-around-the-flag effect presidents usually enjoy at the beginning of military conflicts.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

My husband's family is rooted here in Selma, and so his dad was actually one of the people who crossed the bridge, so it's near and dear to our hearts.

He says he can.

He says he's now going to put, as you said, global tariffs of 15% under a different section of the Trade Act.

But

These new sections are much more cumbersome than the sweeping powers he had claimed that the Supreme Court struck down.

For instance, some of these new tariffs will only last 150 days before Congress has to weigh in.

Other ones could be permanent, but they require months of investigations.

And if he's going to China in April to meet Xi Jinping, he just lost a big piece of his leverage

because he won't be able to issue tariffs by proclamation for any reason he wants whatsoever.

It matters a lot.