The tricksy and most-insidious thing is that American consumers paid more money to the companies that raised prices on account of the tariffs, yet if the tariffs are invalidated, the companies will get the refunds and will pocket the money.

So Trump and the Trump-adjacent win either way: if tariffs stand, then they will have successfully funneled additional power to the Executive Branch and acted out the GOP's international policy goals; and if tariffs fall, then effectively corporations will claim American consumers' tax refunds.

An interesting point, what happens next might turn out to be quite revealing.