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President Trump on Monday was characteristically blunt as he reemphasized the stakes he sees for his administration and the US as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of his most sweeping tariffs.
“If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this National Security bonanza, WE’RE SCREWED!” Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump has gone on the warpath since the case was argued in November, painting the high court’s decision as critical to his economic policy agenda. Both conservative- and liberal-leaning justices asked skeptical questions of the method by which the president imposed his most sweeping duties. Trump imposed his tariffs by invoking a 1977 law meant for national emergencies.
Trump on Monday cited trade agreements the US has struck with a number of countries that have included pledges for the countries to invest in the US. Combined with other potential “refunds” — most prominently to companies that have already sued the government in the lead-up to the Supreme Court’s ruling — Trump said it would add up to a “mess.”
He wrote: “Anybody who says that it can be quickly and easily done would be making a false, inaccurate, or totally misunderstood answer to this very large and complex question. It may not be possible but, if it were, it would be Dollars that would be so large that it would take many years to figure out what number we are talking about and even, who, when, and where, to pay.