“I have long said that, while tariffs are a tool of international trade, the administration “Trump-Vance has declared war on our families and raised taxes on all of us,” he wrote. Aware that the Supreme Court recently ruled that it was illegal for the Trump administration to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the 47-year-old Democrat demanded that the president reimburse Maryland families for the amount of money collected over months through tariffs on foreign goods, the additional cost of which was borne by the end consumer and not by intermediary businesses. "The financial cost to our state has been significant. If the federal government raised funds under an unconstitutional policy, it has a legal and moral obligation to return those funds to the people from whom they were taken," he emphasized. It should be noted that Wes Moore's position is supported by the findings of the Joint Economic Committee, which indicate that the average tariff cost to an American household is around $1,744. Based on this, the African American politician estimates that, in the state he governs, the impact of policies implemented in Washington reached nearly $4 billion in losses for citizens. "This is real money that has been taken from Maryland families; now the Trump Administration must do the right thing and reimburse Maryland residents. This isn't just about bad policies; "It's about the Supreme Court making it clear that these unilateral actions are illegal," he reiterated. However, it remains undefined how lower courts should handle reimbursement requests. Which could take months or even years.

At the moment, no member of the White House has commented on the document sent by the governor of Maryland.