Trump Raises Global Tariff to 15% Day After Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariff Policy
President Trump announced on Truth Social that he would increase his global tariff rate from 10% to 15%, effective immediately. This came less than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that most of his sweeping tariff policy was illegal. In his post, Trump cited a 'thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday' by the Supreme Court. The move represented a doubling down on his aggressive trade policy despite the judicial rebuke, with Trump defying the Court's ruling by imposing new tariffs at an even higher rate than those just struck down. The 15% tariff was implemented under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, potentially facing similar legal vulnerabilities as the IEEPA-based tariffs the Court had just invalidated.
“thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday” — Trump's Truth Social post announcing the 15% tariff increase, attacking the Supreme Court's ruling that struck down his previous tariff policy as illegal
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AI commentaryThis event represents a critical escalation in executive defiance of judicial authority. By raising tariffs to 15% immediately after the Supreme Court ruled his tariff policy illegal, Trump is openly challenging the Court's constitutional authority. The use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 as the legal basis may face similar constitutional challenges as the IEEPA authority the Court just struck down. This pattern of attacking judicial decisions as 'ridiculous' and 'anti-American' while simultaneously defying them represents a fundamental threat to the separation of powers and rule of law.