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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

Trump blasts his own appointed judge in rant against court’s tariff ruling: ‘Backroom hustlers’

President Trump launched a scathing attack against a judge he appointed and conservative activist Leonard Leo, following the U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling on Wednesday that overturned his sweeping tariffs.

Trump took to TruthSocial to chastize the former Federalist Society chairman, branding him “a real “sleazebag,” despite Leo once being considered an architect of Trump 2.0, with strong links to the controversial Project 2025.

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