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displacedvermoter

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11. I thought Treasury Secretary Bessent

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 11:22 AM

Yesterday

could just write a check. That is what he said he would do when asked about paying Trump for his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS? No problem, right?

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US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

Has the money mysteriously moved somewhere? cutroot Yesterday #1

To the back dweller Yesterday #6

Trump is good at laundering money, so, probably yes. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #14

good at grifting money quakerboy 22 hrs ago #22

It never saw... 2naSalit Yesterday #19

Why the hell not? Ocelot II Yesterday #2

This will be good. Get stocked up on popcorn. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #3

Anything but obey the courts bucolic_frolic Yesterday #4

a simple solution. make the orange pedo pay the refunds personally moonshinegnomie Yesterday #5

Like everything else tariffs were imposed with reckless haste Klarkashton Yesterday #7

Here's the earlier Reuters article. mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #8

Sign of things to come! bluestarone Yesterday #9

Unable... or unwilling. ananda Yesterday #10

I thought Treasury Secretary Bessent displacedvermoter Yesterday #11

Where's the money Lebowski? nt EarthFirst Yesterday #12

Take the refunds out of the ICE budget. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #13

Financial Times: US companies denied refunds on Trump's illegal tariffs mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #15

US Judge to Meet Parties on Trump-Tariff Refunds in Closed-Door 'Settlement Conference' mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #16

The Court refused an injunction on these illegal tariffs because the admin argued they could simply refund. mathematic Yesterday #17

The companies aren't getting their refunds, Bayard Yesterday #18

the money to pay for all the doge crap quakerboy 22 hrs ago #23

You complied with collecting the illegal tariffs, motherfuckers Mysterian Yesterday #20

Jail them Old Crank 23 hrs ago #21

why? quakerboy 22 hrs ago #24