President Trump made his disappointment in the Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices clear on Friday after they ruled against his tariff authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
As The Gateway Pundit reported, SCOTUS invalidated Trump’s tariffs under the IEEPA on Friday, but Trump told reporters that the ruling actually confirms his authority to impose tariffs. “I don’t think the court meant that, but it’s the way it is,” he said.
Led by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson blocked the Trump Administration’s tariffs under the Act. Only three of the five Republicans, Justices Samuel Alito, John Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh, dissented.
After the high court partially struck down his tariff authority, Trump made a series of Truth Social posts, condemning the justices, and spoke to reporters at a White House press conference.
Trump even accused the justices of being “swayed by foreign interest and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think.”
Still, Trump noted the silver lining, telling reporters that “we have other ways, numerous other ways” to tariff foreign countries.
“There will no longer be any doubt, and the income coming in and the protection of our companies and country will actually increase because of this decision,” Trump said before revealing plans to impose sweeping tariffs under a different law.
Trump later slammed his first-term Supreme Court appointees, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, noting that he stood by them “against great opposition,” and that the Democrat appointees would never turn on their own party.
“They vote against the Republicans, and never against themselves, almost every single time, no matter how good a case we have,” Trump said. “At least I didn’t appoint Roberts, who led the effort to allow Foreign Countries that have been ripping us off for years to continue to do so — But we won’t let it happen.”
Trump further noted that his new tariffs “are on their way!”
What happened today with the two United States Supreme Court Justices that I appointed against great opposition, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, whether people like it or not, never seems to happen with Democrats. They vote against the Republicans, and never against themselves, almost every single time, no matter how good a case we have. At least I didn’t appoint Roberts, who led the effort to allow Foreign Countries that have been ripping us off for years to continue to do so — But we won’t let it happen. The new TARIFFS, totally tested and accepted as Law, are on their way! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump signed an executive order on Friday evening, imposing 10% tariffs on all countries under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows him to impose tariffs of up to 15% for 150 days with few limitations.
He also slammed the concurring Supreme Court justices, noting that “We will do everything possible to take in even more money than we were taking in before.”
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