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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he has the authority to impose tariffs regardless of the US Supreme Court ruling last month that struck down his global tariffs.
In a long post on his Truth Social platform, Trump insisted he still had the “absolute right” to impose duties in other forms and said he had already begun doing so.
“I have the absolute right to charge tariffs in another form and have already started to do so,” he wrote.
Shortly after the court ruling, Trump imposed a 10 percent tariff on US imports through an executive order.
The United States also launched new trade investigations last week into about 60 economies, including China, the European Union and Japan.
The probes will examine alleged failures to address forced labour and whether certain trade practices place unfair burdens on US commerce.
Trump’s comments came hours after China urged Washington to “immediately correct its erroneous ways” as officials from both countries began a new round of trade talks in Paris.
China’s commerce ministry described the US investigations as “extremely unilateral, arbitrary and discriminatory,” accusing Washington of trying to build new “trade barriers.”
Meanwhile, Trump wrote in his post that the Supreme Court “knew where I stood, how badly I wanted this Victory for our Country, and instead decided to, potentially, give away Trillions of Dollars to Countries and Companies who have been taking advantage of the United States for decades.”
In a separate post later Sunday, Trump also attacked federal judge James Boasberg for blocking subpoenas issued in a probe involving Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and renovation costs at the central bank’s headquarters.
“What Boasberg has done on the ‘Too Late’ Powell case, and many others, has little to do with the Law, and everything to do with Politics,” Trump said.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Powell over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policies, arguing that rates should be lowered.
He has also sought to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud.
The Supreme Court earlier this year appeared skeptical of the administration’s attempt to dismiss Cook, with several justices questioning whether sufficient cause had been shown.
In his social media posts, Trump also lashed out at the judiciary, saying the courts were acting politically and accusing them of harming the country.
“This completely inept and embarrassing Court was not what the Supreme Court of the United States was set up by our wonderful Founders to be,” Trump said in his social media post.
“They are hurting our Country, and will continue to do so.
“All I can do, as President, is call them out for their bad behavior! This statement about the United States Supreme Court will cause me nothing but problems in the future, but I feel it is my obligation to speak the TRUTH.”
