Trump Praises ‘New Hero’ After Tirade Against Supreme Court

President Donald Trump started the weekend on a more upbeat note following his Friday vitriol against the Supreme Court justices who constrained his ability to impose global tariffs in a 6-3 decision.

He criticised Barrett and Gorsuch again, along with Chief Justice John Roberts, in a Truth Social post later that night. “At least I didn’t appoint Roberts,” he noted.

His cheerier Saturday morning message, on the other hand, was reserved for the justices who voted in favor of Trump’s “emergency” tariffs on the rest of the world.

“My new hero is United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and of course, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,” he wrote. There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that they want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

The president’s positivity didn’t last long, though. About an hour and a half later, Trump declared he would actually be raising global tariffs to 15%, rather than the 10% he had previously announced, and he used the announcement as an opportunity to take another swipe at the Supreme Court, saying he made the decision after “a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday.”