Trump to raise tariffs to 15% after Supreme Court rejects global tariffs, says US will be 'GREATER THAN EVER'

On Feb. 20, the United States Supreme Court rejected most of the sweeping global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed in 2025, ruling that he exceeded his authority by using a law reserved for national emergencies to justify the tariffs.

Hours after the decision, Trump responded by announcing that he had signed an order to impose a temporary 10 per cent global tariff under a different law, the Trade Act of 1974, NBC News reported.

He later said that he would increase the proposed 10 per cent tariff to 15 per cent.

In a Truth Social post on Feb. 21, Trump said that the "fully allowed, and legally tested" 15 per cent tariffs would be implemented on countries, based on a "thorough, detailed, and complete review" of the" ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued".

Many of these countries had been "ripping the U.S. off for decades without retribution", he added.

He ended by saying he would continue his "extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again — GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!".

Trump has been critical of the judges in the Supreme Court who did not vote in favour of keeping the tariffs.

Calling those who dissented "fools and lapdogs" for his opponents, Trump said they were "very unpatriotic and disloyal to our constitution".

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