The Trump administration should have been prepared for this.
Nearly every expert outside of MAGA expected this Supreme Court to strike down Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS ruled that Trump did not have the power to impose tariffs without a legal basis, meaning no president could make up his own taxes or laws.
CNN’s Kristen Holmes reported on Trump’s initial reaction during his meeting with governors:
I’m told they are meeting and discussing how they will respond, but we learned more about what happened in the room when President Trump was with those governors and he learned of the Supreme Court decision.
Apparently breakfast went well. They worked together, and then President Trump became enraged. He began ranting about the decision, not only calling it a disgrace, but at one point beginning to attack the courts. These f-ing courts say, but use the actual language there. We know that President Trump uses expletives quite often, especially when he is angry.
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Trump made the tariffs one of the centerpieces of his presidency, and the Supreme Court blew a hole in them.
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