President Donald Trump kept complaining on Monday about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to block his wide-ranging tariffs. Since the decision on Friday, Trump has posted at least six messages on Truth Social criticizing the Supreme Court.Trump wrote on Truth Social that the court “accidentally and unknowingly” gave him “far more powers and strength” than before the “internationally divisive” ruling. He also hinted that he expects to lose another legal battle after the court hears arguments about his executive order ending birthright citizenship.
“I can use Licenses to do absolutely ‘terrible’ things to foreign countries, especially those countries that have been RIPPING US OFF for many decades, but incomprehensibly, according to the ruling, can’t charge them a License fee — BUT ALL LICENSES CHARGE FEES, why can’t the United States do so?” Trump said in his post.
The court’s 6-3 decision on Friday dealt a major blow to Trump’s economic and trade agenda. After the ruling, the president announced first a 10 percent and, later, 15 percent global tariff.The rare rejection of the president’s priorities by the conservative-leaning court quickly drew Trump’s anger, and he lambasted the majority justices as “unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution.”
In a separate post on Monday, Trump appeared to warn other countries he is still willing to impose tariffs on them.
