Trump says he signed ‘global tariff’ after US Supreme Court order striking down levies
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Hours after the United States Supreme Court struck down global tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on Friday, President Donald Trump said that he has signed global 10% tariffs on top of the levies already in place.
“It is my Great Honour to have just signed, from the Oval Office, a Global Tariff on all Countries, which will be effective almost immediately,” Trump said in a social media post.
🚨 President Donald J. Trump imposes a 10% global tariff on all countries. pic.twitter.com/42ZGDnMxbR
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2026
The new tariffs can take effect for a maximum of 150 days, unless the US Congress approves an extension.
Trump described the Supreme Court decision as “deeply disappointing”, NBC News reported. He said he was ashamed of some of the judges for the verdict, and described them as “very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution”.
The court, in a 6:3 verdict, said that Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the levies. The judges said that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump had invoked, “does not authorise the president to impose tariffs”.
The bench upheld a lower court’s ruling in May that Trump’s use of the Act exceeded his authority. While the lower court had ruled against the tariffs, they had remained in effect as a federal appeals...