President Donald Trump unleashed an unsubstantiated warning Friday, claiming the Democratic Party's number one priority if it wins the election is the "obliteration" of the Supreme Court.
In a Truth Social post, the president warned that his opponents in Congress aimed to bring down the nation's top court by flooding it with multiple new justices — and that they'd do it on the first day that they won election.
Trump offered no evidence for his breathless alert.
"The Democrats' number one policy push is the complete and total OBLITERATION of our great United States Supreme Court," he wrote.
"They will do this on their very first day in office, through the simple Termination of the Filibuster, SHOULD THEY WIN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS. The Radical Left Democrats are looking at 21 Justices, with immediate ascension.
"This would be terrible for our Country. Fear not, however, Republicans will not let it, or any of their other catastrophic policies, happen. Our Country is now in very good hands. MAGA!!!"
During his first presidency, Donald Trump dramatically reshaped the Supreme Court by appointing three conservative justices: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. These lifetime appointments fundamentally altered the court's ideological balance, creating a 6-3 conservative majority.
During his second term, the court has made multiple controversial rulings that appear to back Trump's agenda.
Democrats have proposed several strategies to counterbalance the court's conservative majority, including expanding the number of justices, implementing term limits, and establishing a code of ethics.
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