“I can do whatever I want,” Donald Trump said Friday in his first reaction to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling. This is a major blow to his second term in office.“There are ways that are even stronger for me,” he said in his White House address.Trump also said he was “absolutely embarrassed” by the US Supreme Court justices who issued the “extremely disappointing” tariff decision.“The Supreme Court’s decision is absolutely disappointing and I am ashamed of some members of the court for not mustering the courage to do the right thing for our country,” he said.Frustrated and agitated by the Supreme Court’s decision, Trump threatened to impose a 10 percent global tariff. He further said, “Today, I will sign an order imposing a 10% global tariff under Section 122, which will be on top of the normal tariffs we already charge, and we are also initiating multiple Section 301 and other investigations to protect our country from unfair trade practices.”The US top court on Friday rejected President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs that were the centerpiece of his second-term presidency and trade policies, handing him a major defeat.In a 6-3 decision, the top court examined the tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, which also included sweeping “reciprocating” duties imposed on nearly all countries. The judges held that Trump’s use of emergency authority to impose import tariffs without Congressional approval was unlawful.
