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BumRushDaShow

(168,929 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:37 AM 6 hrs ago

Trump Claims 'Absolute Right' to Impose Tariffs as He Rages Against Courts in 950-Word Late Night Truth Social Tirade

Source: MEDIAite

Mar 16th, 2026, 7:09 am


President Donald Trump launched a late-night attack on the U.S. Supreme Court and the “politicized” judiciary more generally on Sunday, insisting he retains “the absolute right” to impose tariffs despite a major ruling that struck down large parts of his administration’s trade policy. In a Truth Social screed approaching 1,000 words, the president accused the court of “hurting” the country and insisted his administration would pursue alternative legal routes to continue imposing import duties.

“The Courts treat Republicans, and me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected. They are highly politicized. Cases don’t matter, the Judge does!” he began. The president went on to rage at Judge James Boasberg for having nixed efforts by the Department of Justice to investigate the Federal Reserve, a move that Fed chair Jerome Powell slammed as triggered by his refusal to lower interest rates despite mounting pressure from the White House.

He wrote: “I strongly criticized Jerome “Too Late” for his horrible performance throughout his tenure, which is either gross incompetence, total dishonesty, or both, and, in return for this well justified criticism, get viciously and wrongfully blamed by, as usual, a Wacky, Nasty, Crooked, and totally Out of Control Judge, named James Boasberg, a man who suffers from the highest level of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), and has been “after” my people, and me, for years.”

Boasberg, Trump claimed, displayed “open, flagrant, and extreme partisan bias and contempt against Republicans and the Trump Administration.” The president also rounded on the Supreme Court, which ruled in February that the administration had improperly relied on a 1977 emergency powers law to justify sweeping tariffs imposed last year on goods from countries around the world. The decision dealt a significant blow to Trump’s aggressive trade agenda, which has relied heavily on tariffs as a central tool of economic policy.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-claims-absolute-right-to-impose-tariffs-as-he-rages-against-courts-in-950-word-late-night-truth-social-tirade/



This is ALL the result of John "Dr. Frankenstein" Roberts, whose creature is now out of control and coming for him.

Women (Mary Shelley) knew the deal.
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Trump Claims 'Absolute Right' to Impose Tariffs as He Rages Against Courts in 950-Word Late Night Truth Social Tirade (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
Trump is now at the Absolute Ruler stage. sop 5 hrs ago #1
more like azureblue 3 hrs ago #15
Krasnov, a Russian agent, wants to crash the US dollar. gab13by13 5 hrs ago #2
Dude is coming apart at the seams. truthisfreedom 5 hrs ago #3
I was just gonna say popsdenver 3 hrs ago #14
Bad weekend of golf? Try mini-golf. Don't destroy the windmill. twodogsbarking 5 hrs ago #4
I am I, Don Baloney, the Lord of Mar' Lago! tanyev 5 hrs ago #7
All the more reason for the Court system to hold their ground.... ProudMNDemocrat 5 hrs ago #5
I'm still trying to wrap my head around what emergency would require Ray Bruns 5 hrs ago #6
Trump is banking on azureblue 3 hrs ago #16
The fact that a sitting president said that he has 'absolute' anything should have created a major situation. OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #8
It would be really bad for the counrty... Multichromatic 4 hrs ago #9
"but I kind of want Trumps' infantile rage to cause him to start arresting the Republican supreme court justices." BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #10
To paraphrase: votes don't matter. Who counts votes matters AZLD4Candidate 4 hrs ago #11
EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES...EPSTEIN FILES.... Bengus81 4 hrs ago #12
Madman mountain grammy 4 hrs ago #13
950 words? Like "a manifesto!" Grins 3 hrs ago #17
Wonder if this screed was composed AFTER the Oscars?All that "wokeness" must have kept him awake. BattleRow 3 hrs ago #18
How is the triumvarite form of government working for you now? Baitball Blogger 2 hrs ago #19
I'll say it again, republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #20
But the republicants LilElf70 1 hr ago #21
Yup republianmushroom 1 hr ago #22
Turning on his protectors and enablers Bayard 59 min ago #23
Claiming 'TDS' is the laziest of arguments Quanto Magnus 44 min ago #24
Trump and Miller want to set up the Volksgerichtshof and the Sondergerichte. LudwigPastorius 29 min ago #25
More projections and gas lighting features for your viewing/hearing/reading pleasure- relogic 17 min ago #26

azureblue

(2,724 posts)
15. more like
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:55 AM
3 hrs ago

spoiled toddler throws a temper tantrum stage... He thinks he will act out and people will do what he wants just to appease him.. It worked before, but that act got tired a long time ago. Trump is a one trick pony - he will keep on throwing tantrums, threatening, and ranting, but that won't work any more. Time for him to leave the stage..

truthisfreedom

(23,529 posts)
3. Dude is coming apart at the seams.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:02 AM
5 hrs ago

Whoever is writing this shit for him should be the first on the stand at The Hague.

popsdenver

(2,194 posts)
14. I was just gonna say
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:47 AM
3 hrs ago

he isn't writing alot of this crap......My Bet is Stephen Miller, the next Tyrant in Chief......

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,851 posts)
5. All the more reason for the Court system to hold their ground....
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:34 AM
5 hrs ago

and uphold the Rule of Law and the US Constitution.

Donald Trump is NOT deserving of of any respect from the American people or of the World. He is doing a bang up job in pissing off everyone when he does not get his way. What a broken man he is.

Ray Bruns

(6,273 posts)
6. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what emergency would require
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:37 AM
5 hrs ago

Tariffs to be implemented that Congress couldn’t implement?

azureblue

(2,724 posts)
16. Trump is banking on
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 10:09 AM
3 hrs ago

something that will justify him declaring martial law. He found out that ICE protests were not enough to declare, so he's hoping that Iran will attack the Continental US, so he can declare.

He is in a race to take over the country before The Epstein files, the elections, and his Iran blunder catch up with him. He knows that if he fails, he has no place to escape to anymore. He is a desperate despot. He is trying to gum up the works with lawsuits and appeals, and distractions - his usual tactic to get his ass out of a corner. His allies are abandoning him. But the tide is turning against him, and he feels it, so expect him to do something outrageous.

Up to now, He has relied on the GOP to cover his ass, but they are sick of his crap, and they all see that Trump will take the entire party down with him, so they are starting to distance themselves. Even Christian Mike is looking for an exit - he knows he is making a fool of himself protecting Trump.

IOW folks, we are headed to a fustercluck... We, as defenders of the Constitution, should double down our efforts to jail Trump. Now is not the time to let up.. Keep on needling him, and exposing the pedophile and his cult.. And make certain that he suffers the consequences of his own actions.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,018 posts)
8. The fact that a sitting president said that he has 'absolute' anything should have created a major situation.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:48 AM
4 hrs ago

Just the idea that he thinks he can do this should be enough to mobilize people to remove that asshat and his cronies by any means necessary.

But...

Multichromatic

(134 posts)
9. It would be really bad for the counrty...
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:48 AM
4 hrs ago

but I kind of want Trumps' infantile rage to cause him to start arresting the Republican supreme court justices. Maybe then they could get a clue that they made Trump an unaccountable dictator!

BumRushDaShow

(168,929 posts)
10. "but I kind of want Trumps' infantile rage to cause him to start arresting the Republican supreme court justices."
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 08:55 AM
4 hrs ago

He'll order Bondi to start DOJ investigations of them.

Problem is, ETHICS investigations HAVE been done and we know the guilty parties, but they were GOPers, so...

AZLD4Candidate

(6,766 posts)
11. To paraphrase: votes don't matter. Who counts votes matters
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:34 AM
4 hrs ago

Cases don’t matter. Judges do - quote from asshole

Bengus81

(10,125 posts)
12. EPSTEIN FILES....EPSTEIN FILES...EPSTEIN FILES....
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 09:43 AM
4 hrs ago

We all know what these BS rants are really about...........

BattleRow

(2,335 posts)
18. Wonder if this screed was composed AFTER the Oscars?All that "wokeness" must have kept him awake.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 10:27 AM
3 hrs ago

Cue the ketchup bottles...

Baitball Blogger

(52,237 posts)
19. How is the triumvarite form of government working for you now?
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 11:16 AM
2 hrs ago

Tighten your seatbelt. It's going to get bumpier after the midterms.

Bayard

(29,466 posts)
23. Turning on his protectors and enablers
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 12:48 PM
59 min ago

He reminds me of the kid in the grocery cart--screaming because his mom won't let him have a candy bar.

I hope he pisses off the Supremes mightily.

Quanto Magnus

(1,341 posts)
24. Claiming 'TDS' is the laziest of arguments
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 01:02 PM
44 min ago

It's basically admitting their argument has no basis in fact, therefore..... TDS....


relogic

(184 posts)
26. More projections and gas lighting features for your viewing/hearing/reading pleasure-
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 01:29 PM
17 min ago

The ramblings of a team of regime propagandists who actually control all the policies and memes that could never otherwise enter the lazy-minded few brain cell of the dictator wannabe.


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