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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump rails against birthright citizenship in rambling Truth Social post and warns Supreme Court about keeping it

Days after baselessly accusing two-thirds of the Supreme Court of being ‘fools and lapdogs’ who are beholden to foreign interests, President Donald Trump has lashed out once more at the court as it prepares to hear arguments on whether he can deny citizenship to children whose parents aren’t in the U.S. legally.

The president took to Truth Social early Monday to lambaste the justices as “incompetent” and accusing them of doing “a great job for the wrong people” with a “ridiculous, dumb, and very internationally divisive ruling” against his claim of emergency tariff powers last week. He also predicted that they will similarly strike down a January 2025 executive order purporting to ban the children of many immigrants from gaining citizenship under a century-old interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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