President Donald Trump issued a warning to courts that might stand in the way of his tariffs policy.
Trump said Friday that it would be “impossible to ever recover, or pay back” the “money and honor” brought in by tariffs, if a “Radical Left Court ruled against us at this late date,” warning that it would be a “judicial tragedy.”
Why It Matters
Trump used the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs without seeking congressional approval or conducting investigations first.
His use of the act is under review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which heard oral arguments at the end of July.
What To Know
Trump addressed the ongoing effort to block his tariffs in the courts, which prompted him to take to Truth Social and urge the courts to keep away or risk severe consequences—even invoking the Great Depression.
“If a Radical Left Court ruled against us at this late date, in an attempt to bring down or disturb the largest amount of money, wealth creation and influence the U.S.A. has ever seen, it would be impossible to ever recover, or pay back, these massive sums of money and honor,” Trump wrote.
He went on to argue that the courts would only be acting in political interest, because “if they were going to rule against the wealth, strength, and power of America, they should have done so LONG AGO, at the beginning of the case, where our entire Country, while never having a chance at this kind of GREATNESS again, would not have been put in 1929 style jeopardy.”
