Trump Reiterates President's Authority to Decide on Tariffs

BlockBeats News, November 9th, President Trump reiterated in a post that the U.S. president has the right to decide whether to impose tariffs: "So, can we get this straight? The President of the United States is allowed (and Congress fully approves!) to stop all trade with foreign countries (which is much more complicated than imposing tariffs!), and can even issue licenses to foreign countries, but cannot impose simple tariffs on foreign countries, even for national security. This is not at all what our great Founding Fathers intended! This is simply ridiculous! Other countries can impose tariffs on us, but we cannot impose tariffs on them? This is their dream! Corporations are coming to the U.S. entirely because of tariffs. Hasn't this been made clear to the U.S. Supreme Court? What is going on here?"

This Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments on the legality of Trump's large-scale imposition of retaliatory tariffs. In addition to the liberal justices of the Supreme Court, several conservative justices also questioned the legality of Trump's tariffs. Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court stated that Trump's tariffs amount to taxing Americans, which has always been a core power of Congress. Among the three justices appointed by Trump during his presidency, Justices Gorsuch and Barrett raised questions and delved into the arguments of the tariff opponents. The conservative justices of the Supreme Court hold a majority, with a ratio of 6:3. The Supreme Court may announce the ruling in December.