U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, following the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz REFILE - CORRECTING MONTH
President Donald Trump lashed out again Friday evening at members of the Supreme Court who voted against his tariff policy, calling their decision "ridiculous" and vowing to work around the loss.
The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs in a 6–3 decision authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts. The justices held that the underlying statute does not clearly authorize such broad unilateral tariff powers, marking a major rebuke of a signature second-term economic policy.
In an inflammatory statement reflecting Trump's mounting frustration with the judicial smackdown, the president vowed he wouldn't back down.
In a fiery Truth Social meltdown, Trump targeted the justices directly, declaring, "Those members of the Supreme Court who voted against our very acceptable and proper method of TARIFFS should be ashamed of themselves. Their decision was ridiculous but, now the adjustment process begins, and we will do everything possible to take in even more money than we were taking in before!"
The Truth came as Trump signed into effect a revised version of his global tariff regime mere hours after the high court invalidated his use of emergency economic powers.