The Supreme Court on Friday dealt President Donald Trump perhaps the most significant rebuke of his second term. Trump quickly signaled he’d launch 10% global tariffs under a different authority (which he said Saturday he was upping to 15%). How the Supreme Court hamstrung himIn an often-confusing press conference Friday afternoon, Trump pointed to how Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s dissent suggested Trump could simply move on to different tariff authorities. The US Supreme Court as seen on Friday. And Trump is a proud man who surely doesn’t want to be seen as capitulating to the Supreme Court or pressure from his party.

Source: CNN February 21, 2026 19:02 UTC