Trump's Tariffs... Trump attacks the Supreme Court over tariff ban
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has called the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking many of his sweeping tariffs ‘deeply disappointing’ and has announced a new 10 per cent tariff on global imports.
Justin, Sarah and Anthony jumped into action following the President’s press conference to unpack the day’s drama: starting with the US Supreme Court decision to block global tariffs and ending with the President’s withering attack on some of the justices for their decision.
The president spoke a few hours after the US Supreme court struck down the legal justification for a large portion of Trump's sweeping global tariffs in a major blow to the president's economic agenda.
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| 0:00.0 | They've gone and done it. The Supreme Court, after much deliberation, delayed deliberation, |
| 0:12.9 | has decided to stand up to Donald Trump. It is the first time they have done it on a big issue |
| 0:18.3 | in his second term and he is angry. |
| 0:21.8 | Well, thank you very much for being here. |
| 0:24.8 | The Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, |
| 0:31.3 | and I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, |
| 0:35.4 | absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what's right for |
| 0:39.5 | our country. What a shame, having to do with voting in particular, when in fact they're just being |
| 0:48.4 | fools and lap dogs for the rhinos and the radical left Democrats, and not that they should have anything at all to do |
| 0:56.6 | with it. They're very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution. It's my opinion that the |
| 1:02.7 | court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than |
| 1:08.4 | people would ever think. It's a small movement. I won by millions of votes. |
| 1:15.6 | We won in a landslide. With all the cheating that went on, there was a lot of it, but we still won in a |
| 1:21.7 | landslide. Too big to Rick, but these people are obnoxious, ignorant, and loud. They're very loud. And I think certain justices are afraid of that. They don't want to do the right thing. They're afraid of it. |
| 1:36.2 | Even as we begin recording, Donald Trump is talking to the press and he's already made one thing very clear. He's intending to go ahead with Tar tariffs. He's going to find other ways of doing it. |
| 1:45.0 | So two questions. Can he do that? But also a wider question. What does this say about the Supreme |
| 1:50.7 | Court and his administration? What does it say about his political heft in the remaining days, weeks, |
| 1:57.9 | months, years of his presidency. |
| 2:02.2 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
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| 2:09.2 | You hear that sound? |
| 2:13.0 | Oh, I think when I hear that sound, it reminds me of money. |
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