Trump aides scramble to defend tariffs after bombshell court ruling - and as crucial jobs report looms
Source: The Independent
Monday 01 September 2025 10:24 BST
President Donald Trump and his top officials are scrambling to defend his tariffs after a court ruled against them on Friday. The Full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling on Friday saying that Trumps Liberation Day reciprocal tariffs were illegally imposed. Trump immediately said he would appeal the ruling.
On Sunday, Trump posted on Truth Social and accused the court of being biased against him.
Without Tariffs, and all of the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS we have already taken in, our Country would be completely destroyed, and our military power would be instantly obliterated, he said. In a 7 to 4 Opinion, a Radical Left group of judges didnt care, but one Democrat, Obama appointed, actually voted to save our Country. I would like to thank him for his Courage! He loves and respects the U.S.A.
Trumps across-the-board reciprocal tariffs are a cornerstone of his second presidency, despite the fact that many economic experts say that producers and foreign countries pass the cost of tariffs down to consumers.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-aides-jobs-report-tariffs-b2817449.html

bucolic_frolic
(52,146 posts)As products become more expensive, there's less to spend on more products. So demand plummets and layoffs begin. The whole economy goes into the abyss. Nixon tried wage and price controls. Flop. Why am I not seeing an EO freezing prices immediately?
BTW, are tariffs by EO an official presidential act? If they're ultimately ruled illegal, is immunity a fail? Or are official acts in the declaration and not in the legality?
BumRushDaShow
(159,190 posts)IIRC, he threatened to do that with pharmaceutical products.
Trump is demanding drugmakers lower prices within 60 days. Pharma experts say its unlikely to happen.
We shall see if this becomes another TACO by the end of this month. Have your Bingo cards ready!
Justice matters.
(8,816 posts)Albeit, it is true once in a while, on matters he should ask good lawyers about.
Walleye
(42,193 posts)Justice matters.
(8,816 posts)and against the Constitution of the United States of America again.
Walleye
(42,193 posts)MrWowWow
(959 posts)As usual. The lower federal courts mean nothing to tr💩mp.
Prairie Gates
(6,060 posts)+250,000? +300,000?
truthisfreedom
(23,460 posts)And its coming from Americans. From me, a manufacturer here in the US, barely scraping by. I hope he has to pay back every penny.
Cloudhopper
(129 posts)"Without Tariffs, and all of the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS we have already taken in, our Country would be completely destroyed, and our military power would be instantly obliterated, he said."
IOW, if you don't give me what I want I'll destroy the country and military.
Not that he's not doing it already, but that's just how I see it.
AverageOldGuy
(2,886 posts). . . to be bad news for Trump.
Remember -- he fired everyone at the Bureau of Labor Statistics who knows how to add and subtract.
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,870 posts)He did not fire them all.
He did not fire most of them.
He did not fire many of them.
He fired one person. Their procedures remain in place and are an open book. The data is always reviewed by independent economists.
Please don't shit on good people like that.
Bernardo de La Paz
(57,870 posts)There are jobs reports coming Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. They come from at least four sources, only one of which is BLS.
Your post tells me you do not understand those facts.
joanbarnes
(2,026 posts)for once nip this shit in the bud and stop his abuse of the courts on top of everything else he is doing?
Renew Deal
(84,409 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(169,019 posts)trump's counsel sent a letter to the court claiming that the United States would become bankrupt and the world would end if trump's tariffs were not affirmed. When trump filed an appeal, the US government promised to refund all tariffs https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220354298 Now trump is claiming that the US government would be bankrupted if these tariffs are refunded.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220354298
Some of the arguments being made reminds me of this doomsday letter
Renew Deal
(84,409 posts)
Grins
(8,788 posts)...here we are.