Trump, JD Vance vilify ‘lawless’ Supreme Court justices over tariff ruling
World • Feb 21
President Trump calls Supreme Court justices an ’embarrassment to their families’ in 45-minute address to the media.
United States President Donald Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, have launched personal attacks on the justices of the US Supreme Court and their families, after the country’s top court struck down trade tariffs imposed by the White House.
In a 45-minute address to reporters at the White House, the US president heaped criticism on the six justices who ruled against his signature tariff policy in the 6-3 decision by the court on Friday, including Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, whom Trump appointed to the court during his first term.
“I think it’s an embarrassment to their families, you wanna know the truth, the two of them,” Trump said, referring to Justices Gor...