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Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:33 PM Saturday

'Everyone here is irate': White House scrambles after tariff loss as Trump unloads on Supreme Court

A visibly irritated President Donald Trump blasted the Supreme Court on Friday for striking down tariffs he had imposed under an economic emergency law. He vowed to bolster the broader policy — a central part of his agenda — by using alternative powers to levy import duties on foreign goods.

"The good news is that there are methods, practices, statutes and authorities, as recognized by the entire court in this terrible decision, and also as recognized by Congress" that are "available to me as president of the United States," Trump said during a hastily scheduled news conference in the White House briefing room.

Specifically, Trump said that he would, in the next few days, put in place a temporary 10% global tariff on all imports under Section 122 powers. If Congress does not act to extend that tariff within 150 days of its implementation, it expires.

While simultaneously berating the court and claiming that its decision actually empowers him, Trump acknowledged that wielding the tariff as an economic and national security weapon will be "more complicated" as a result of the 6-3 opinion invalidating his novel claim of tariff power under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/everyone-irate-white-house-scrambles-203320326.html

He probably unloads on everyone around him too.

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