A president who just got his tariffs swatted down by the Supreme Court is now pre-butting the next loss. On Monday, Donald Trump predicted the justices will rule against his bid to curb birthright citizenship, and he wrapped that prediction in a familiar grievance, that the Court will somehow 'rule in favor of China.'
A few quick, grounded points for readers catching this from outside the U.S. Trump's executive order aims to deny automatic citizenship to some children born on U.S. soil when neither parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. The Supreme Court agreed in December to take up the case, and the policy has been tied up in legal challenges.
