Trump slams Coney Barrett, Gorsuch over tariff decision
Key takeaways
- They were appointed by me, and yet have hurt our Country so badly!
- Trump s Sunday post was much longer and questioned why the justices ordered the U.S. to pay back all of the funds collected from tariffs.
- I m working so hard to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and then people that I appointed have shown so little respect to our Country, and its people.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
They were appointed by me, and yet have hurt our Country so badly! I do not believe they meant to do so, but their decision on Tariffs cost the United States 159 Billion Dollars that we have to pay back to enemies, and people, companies, and Countries, that have been ripping us off for years, Trump wrote in the Truth Social post.
The high court issued a 6-3 ruling against his attempt to use an emergency statue to justify increased trade rates in February, which was originally met with a post from the president scolding Coney Barrett and Gorsuch by name.
Trump s Sunday post was much longer and questioned why the justices ordered the U.S. to pay back all of the funds collected from tariffs. Last month, the president said he would remember companies that don t request a tariff refund after Customs and Border Protection found that over 330,000 importers paid Trump s duties.