Stock market indices have sharply fallen on the heels of President Trump imposing higher tariffs on more than 180 countries.

They could not have imagined a president would use emergency authority to bypass Congress and impose tariffs on the entire world.”

Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who holds libertarian economic views, has been highly critical of the tariffs, warning they create the same economic problems that exacerbated the Great Depression. He is calling for Congress to reject Trump’s plans with legislation that would require congressional approval for taxes on imports.