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TRUMP LOST AT THE SUPREME COURT -- THEN ATTACKED HIS OWN JUSTICES - Decoding The Rhetoric [View all]
This morning, the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump the biggest legal defeat of his second term.
In a 6-3 ruling, the Court struck down the centerpiece of Trump’s economic agenda — his sweeping global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion.
And here’s what makes this devastating: three Trump appointees — Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett — voted against him.
The conservative supermajority he built told him he exceeded his authority.
What did Trump do?
He attacked them.
• Called the justices “a disgrace to our nation”
• Said he was “absolutely ashamed” of them
• Accused them of being “unpatriotic and disloyal to the Constitution”
• Claimed, without evidence, they were “swayed by foreign interests”
• Called two of his own appointees “fools and lap dogs”
• Said the ruling was “an embarrassment to their families”
Then he immediately announced new tariffs anyway.
This isn’t about trade policy.
This is about what happens when a president loses at the highest court in the land — and responds by attacking the institution designed to limit his power.
Stay informed. Stay engaged. Accountability matters. - 02/20/2026.
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