- US President Trump warned of higher tariffs if trading partners exploit the Supreme Court ruling
- Trump claimed the Supreme Court ruling gave him more tariff powers than before the verdict
- He criticised the court for approving tariffs but called some justices 'disgraceful'
US President Donald Trump on Monday warned trading partners of 'higher' and 'worse' tariffs if they 'play games' following the Supreme Court's verdict against his sweeping tariffs.
"Any country that wants to 'play games' with a ridiculous supreme court decision, especially those that have 'Ripped Off' the USA for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to. BUYER BEWARE!!!," said Trump in a post on Truth Social.
The post comes hours after Trump said that the Supreme Court accidentally and unwittingly gave him far more powers and strength than he had prior to their ruling.
"The court has also approved all other Tariffs, of which there are many, and they can all be used in a much more powerful and obnoxious way, with legal certainty, than the Tariffs as initially used. Our incompetent supreme court did a great job for the wrong people, and for that they should be ashamed of themselves (but not the Great Three!)," said Trump.
After SC's verdict, Trump announced 10% global tarrifs, which he increased to 15% the very next day.
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Trump had imposed sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” last year under an emergency powers act, but the court ruled this law did not authorise him to do so.
On Sunday, Indian-origin lawyer Neal Katyal, who argued the case before America's top court, said that if Trump's tariffs are such a good idea, he should have no problem persuading Congress.
"Seems hard for the President to rely on the 15 percent statute (sec 122) when his DOJ, in our case, told the Court the opposite: “Nor does [122] have any obvious application here, where the concerns the President identified in declaring an emergency arise from trade deficits, which are conceptually distinct from balance-of-payments deficits," Neal Katyal said in a post on X.
On Friday, reacting to SC's verdict,Trump admonished the justices of the Supreme Court. He called the Democratic justices who ruled against the tariffs a “disgrace to the nation”.
He also said he felt “ashamed” of members of the court he considered conservative who had voted against his use of emergency powers.act, but the court ruled this law did not authorise him to do so.
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