Trump Raises Prospect Of ‘Obnoxious’ Tariffs After Court Ruling | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump prompt he might impose new “obnoxious” tariffs after the U.S. Supreme Court dominated that his sweeping emergency tariffs are unlawful.

The ruling issued Friday overturned the president’s controversial financial agenda, prompting Trump to retaliate by signing an government order Friday night time stating he might bypass Congress and impose a ten% tax on international imports. Just a day later, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was elevating the worldwide tariff to fifteen% “effective immediately.”

Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to permit him to impose a most tariff of 15%, however it will probably solely final for 150 days. After that point interval, it might want authorization from Congress.

In one other Truth Social submit Monday, Trump prompt he can use totally different measures and instruments to maintain the tariffs in place regardless of the Supreme Court’s ruling.

“The court has also approved all other Tariffs, of which there are many, and they can all be used in a much more powerful and obnoxious way, with legal certainty, than the Tariffs as initially used,” he wrote.

Trump claims he’s in management over commerce and doesn’t need to “go back to Congress to get approval of Tariffs.”

“It has already been gotten, in many forms, a long time ago! They were also just reaffirmed by the ridiculous and poorly crafted supreme court decision!” he wrote on his platform.

Trump’s string of posts got here after the Trump administration’s commerce negotiator Jamieson Greer mentioned Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the U.S. tariff coverage “hasn’t changed” regardless of the courtroom ruling.