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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump rages that his own Supreme Court picks are ‘disgrace to the nation’ after 6-3 ruling against his tariff power

A sullen and defiant Donald Trump lashed out at the nation’s highest court in a hastily convened press conference at which he slammed two of the three justices he’d appointed as “disloyal” — also claiming they were beholden to “foreign interests” — while vowing to find other ways to levy the import taxes on which he has based much of his domestic and foreign policy.

Speaking from the White House briefing room on Friday, a seething Trump called the 6-3 Supreme Court ruling striking down much of his unilateral tariff policy “deeply disappointing” and said he was “absolutely ashamed” of the Republican appointees on the court who’d failed to back his signature policy.

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