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Today, Explained

A toymaker who got tariffed

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

And then sued the president, and won. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger and Ariana Aspuru, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. A worker producing toys for export at a workshop of a toy company in Shandong Province, China. Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Late last week, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump's tariffs are unconstitutional.

0:06.1

Court said when he implemented them, he exceeded his authority.

0:10.1

Last night, in his State of the Union, the President had a chance to defend himself.

0:13.7

One of the primary reasons for our country's stunning economic turnaround, the biggest in history where the Dow Jones broke 50,000,

0:23.1

four years ahead of schedule. The Dow, the Dow right now. And the S&P hit 7,000, where it

0:30.6

wasn't supposed to do it for many years, were tariffs. I used these tariffs, took in hundreds of billions of dollars, to make great deals for our country,

0:42.0

both economically and on a national security basis.

0:46.3

Everything was working well.

0:47.9

Everything wasn't working well, but USA did learn some important lessons from the tariffs.

0:52.5

And the story of those and of some of the people who took Trump to court and won.

0:57.1

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1:46.5

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1:54.4

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