are longer than others.

Last Wednesday was one of those days, and there were a few moments you might have missed.

That was the day Donald Trump’s perfect reciprocal-not tariffs went into effect. Trump was almost giddy with boastful anticipation Tuesday night at a black tie event, the National Republican Congressional Committee President’s Dinner.

After dinner, he apparently got a little “yippy” as he watched the global selloff of US Treasury bonds. So he changed course on Wednesday, pausing tariffs on most countries for 90 days (though he increased the tariffs on China to 125%). The stock market surged, so Mike Lawler branded it, as he does (see above).

A truly bizarre campaign post and celebration, since the fuller market context was this:

More evidence of the wild instability of both Donald Trump and the stock market, as well as the inanity of Lawler’s social media.

Coincidentally, Trump posted this on Truth Social just as the markets opened, 4 hours before his tariff announcement:

A favor for those who follow him on Truth Social? Unsubtle market manipulation? You would think Lawler, who sits on the House Financial Services Committee, might take note. Instead, he’s kissing the coattails for a one-day thrill ride.

Even worse. 13 minutes after the markets closed, the House slipped in a procedural vote, which passed 216-215. One of the 216 was Mike Lawler.

Here’s what Lawler voted for:

Each day during the period from April 9, 2025, through September 30, 2025, shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the President on April 2, 2025.

This is the House giving up power over tariffs again, proclaiming Trump the tariff king. They did it before when he used the pretext of fentanyl and immigration emergencies to declare a trade war on Canada and Mexico. See “A day is not a day.” And here they’ve put the rubber stamp on his unchecked power to deal with the emergency over trade deficits.

Mike Lawler’s brand is now pasted on this spineless Congress and the trade war spinning out of control.

As the sun rose Thursday and stocks plunged again, the Senate took up debate on the emergency of making daylight savings time permanent. At some point Congress will learn that you can’t stop the clock, and you can’t save daylight. While we continue to learn that it’s hard to stop what Trump and Congress do in the dark.