
President Donald Trump kept complaining on Monday about the U.S. Supreme Courtās 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 āaccidentally and unknowinglyā gave him āfar more powers and strengthā than before the āinternationally divisiveā ruling. He also hinted that he expects to lose another legal battle after the court hears arguments about his executive order ending birthright citizenship.
āI can use Licenses to do absolutely āterribleā things to foreign countries, especially those countries that have been RIPPING US OFF for many decades, but incomprehensibly, according to the ruling, canāt charge them a License fee ā BUT ALL LICENSES CHARGE FEES, why canāt the United States do so?ā Trump said in his post.
The courtās 6-3 decision on Friday dealt a major blow to Trumpās 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 presidentās priorities by the conservative-leaning court quickly drew Trumpās anger, and he lambasted the majority justices as āunpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution.ā
In a separate post on Monday, Trump appeared to warn other countries he is still willing to impose tariffs on them.
supreme court decision, especially those that have āRipped Offā the U.S.A. for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher Tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to,ā he said. āBUYER BEWARE!!!ā
The president also said that the court has upheld other tariffs since he took office, and they can all be used in a much stronger and more annoying way, with legal certainty.
In another post on Monday, the president said that he doesnāt need Congressās approval to put tariffs in place.
