Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Signs are mounting that the Supreme Court might invalidate President Trump’s tariffs, and he’s clearly on edge about it. Trump just vented wildly about the case on Truth Social, but he made a mess of it: In one rant, he claimed his tariffs have pulled in $2 trillion in revenues. In a second rant only hours later, that number suddenly ballooned to $3 trillion. We think this badly undermines Trump’s case: It shows how reckless and blundering the tariffs truly are, while vividly demonstrating how uncontrollably he lies about their impact and implementation. To unravel all this, we talked to Alex Jacquez of the Groundwork Collaborative, who served as a trade adviser under President Joe Biden. He explains the deeper incoherence underlying Trump’s self-defeating tirades, digs into why even some conservative justices are looking askance at his tariffs—though with this court you never know—and outlines the looming fiascos we face no matter which way the court rules. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.0	President Trump is now claiming he'll pay $2,000 to every American out of the money
1:02.6	collected in revenues from his tariffs, a plan widely panned by experts as a joke. This comes
1:09.0	even as signs mount that the Supreme Court might strike the tariffs down.
1:14.2	Now Trump has made all this worse by issuing two new public statements about the tariffs.
1:19.4	In one, he claimed his tariffs have pulled in $2 trillion in revenues, and the other that number
1:25.2	suddenly ballooned to $3 trillion.
1:31.8	We think Trump badly damaged his case with this absurdity,
1:36.8	because it underscores yet again just how reckless and blundering his handling of the tariffs has been all throughout.
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