'Supreme Court justices stone-faced in front row as Trump calls their tariff ruling 'unfortunate'

[Joinfortmill]

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-trump-tariff-state-of-the-union-b2926981.html

President attacks high court as he continues to lie about who pays the import taxes he favors

'With members of the U.S. Supreme Court looking on, President Donald Trump attacked the justices for striking down his broad claim of emergency tariff powers last week, calling the ruling “very unfortunate” and lamenting the court’s involvement in the entire matter.

Speaking from the House of Representatives chamber during the first State of the Union speech of his second term, Trump falsely claimed that foreign countries are “now paying us hundreds of billions of dollars” in the form of tariffs that are actually taxes paid by importers and passed on to American consumers as higher prices.

“And then just four days ago, an unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme Court. It just came down. Came down, very unfortunate ruling,” he said.'

My words: Well, Donald, you might have just turned the majority of the Supreme Court against you. We can hope.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Was it a threat? /nt

[Joinfortmill]

3. Not sure.

[niyad]

18. Of course it was, although he was a bit more explicit in his enraged

outburst after the ruling.

[vapor2]

26. AGREED

[dem4decades]

2. I'm shocked he left it at unfortunate.

[Volaris]

12. The consensus seems to be that everything not totally unhinged was Suzy Wiles putting her foot down...

Lol not to worry, the REAL sotu speech will come after a good night's sleep and the next round of breakfast Adderall kicks in, and THAT WILL be off the chain.

[Bluetus]

20. Me too. I didn't think he could command that much self-control

I wonder if he was wearing a shock collar.

[niyad]

22. Could somebody please turn the settings up?

[samnsara]

4. im glad they see their handi work in progress

[chelsea0011]

5. After shaking boof boys hand,

he walked by Amy Comey Barrett without even looking at her.

[llmart]

6. Maybe she's "not his type".

You know - the type that is about 13 years old.

The fact that anyone in this country, especially those GOP crooks in office, would clap for a pedophile makes me want to hurl.

[TheRickles]

7. Sure wouldn't want that snub to influence her decision-making down the road ....

[Dulcinea]

9. How many justices were present?

I didn't watch. I had to clip my toenails. Were Alito & Thomas there?

[Katinfl]

11. 4. Roberts, Kavanaugh, Kagan and Barrett.

[Volaris]

13. And Kagan looked like she drew the short straw this time.

[3Hotdogs]

17. Clarance was probably taking a nap or trying to hide Ginny's gin bottle.

[tanyev]

10. Ooh, a middle school burn. That's how you show a Supreme Court Justice who's boss!

[Joinfortmill]

16. That might be a good thing for us.

[Walleye]

29. A rapist doesn't listen when a woman tells him "no"

[KS Toronado]

8. We need to write our R Congress Critters and ask...........

How much money has China paid the USA in tariffs? Wonder how they'd dance around that one?
Probably a no reply.

[NNadir]

14. I'm surprised Kavanaugh wasn't groveling at his feet whining to be invited to an Epstein...

...reunion party.

[dalton99a]

15. Roberts knows the president is an unstable moron

Since imposing each set of tariffs, the president has issued several increases, reductions and other modifications. One month after imposing the 10 percent drug trafficking tariffs on Chinese goods, he increased the rate to 20 percent. One month later, he removed a statutory exemption for Chinese goods under $800. Less than a week after imposing the reciprocal tariffs, the president increased the rate on Chinese goods from 34 percent to 84 percent. The very next day, he increased the rate further still, to 125 percent. This brought the total effective tariff rate on most Chinese goods to 145 percent. The president has also shifted sets of goods into and out of the reciprocal tariff framework ([e.g.,] exempting from reciprocal tariffs beef, fruits, coffee, tea, spices and some fertilizers). And he has issued a variety of other adjustments ([e.g.,] extending “the suspension of heightened reciprocal tariffs” on Chinese imports).

- Chief Justice Roberts, Learning Resources v. Trump

[NJCher]

21. Mere whimsy

It’s not practical to do business under such conditions.

[GiqueCee]

19. How DARE they...

... actually follow the law! Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that he thinks laws are for little people, not for him.

The Orange Pustule is digging his own political grave. Here's hoping it caves in on him soon.

[Marcuse]

23. "I told you before that you blew the Citizens United case, muf. Now look at what you've done, you arrogant ass."

[Emile]

24. President Shitzinpants blows hot air out his ass

would make anyone in the front row stone-faced.

[Marcuse]

25. He wants to make room for Cannon.

[vapor2]

27. Can Scotus revisit the immunity thing?

[Goonch]

28. ;-{).....