TRUMP TREATENS ‘MORE POWERFUL AND OBNOXIOUS‘ TARIFFS.

By Guardian - Graeme Wearden - Mon 23 Feb 2026 15.12 GMT

Trump threatens 'more powerful and obnoxious' tariffs. Donald Trump has declared that he can use tariffs in a ‘much more powerful and obnoxious way’ than he has thus far.

Truth Social network, the US president again attacked the supreme court for ruling against his sweeping global tariffs last Friday – calling them ‘incompetent’.

He also claims the justices have ‘‘accidentally and unwittingly’ expanded his presidential powers on tariffs.

Trump writes:

The supreme court (will be using lower case letters for a while based on a complete lack of respect!*) of the United States accidentally and unwittingly gave me, as President of the United States, far more powers and strength than I had prior to their ridiculous, dumb, and very internationally divisive ruling.