Trump ups global tariffs to 15%, escalating clash with Supreme Court

President Donald Trump escalated his push to raise tariffs without the Supreme Court’s backing on Feb. 21, announcing he would up the 10% worldwide tariff he announced after the nation’s highest court ruled against him to 15%.

“Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, the worldwide tariff would be raised to 15%, “effective immediately.”

It came after Trump lashed out at the Supreme Court on Feb. 20 over what he called its “deeply disappointing” decision to overturn the emergency tariffs that he imposed on countries around the world.

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At a press conference after the ruling, Trump said he was “ashamed” of some Supreme Court justices “for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country.”

“I think their decision was terrible,” he said. “I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, if you want to know the truth.”

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The court struck down the tariffs with a 6-3 majority that included two justices Trump appointed – Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. It marked the first time in Trump’s second term that the conservative-dominated court has ruled against his sweeping use of presidential power.

The case came to the Supreme Court after a group of small businesses, joined by more than a dozen states with Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration over the tariffs, accusing Trump of inappropriately stretching his power to “regulate” to unlawfully impose taxes.

“The President asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration, and scope,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion, but had failed to “identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it.”

Contributing: Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy

(This story was updated to add a video.)

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump ups worldwide tariffs to 15%, lashing out at Supreme Court