- By Priyanka Koul
- Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:31 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
President Donald Trump on Monday said that any countries that wanted to "play games" after US Supreme Court tariff ruling would face much higher tariffs. The court stated that the tariffs Trump imposed last year, based on a national emergency law, were illegal, reigniting uncertainty among other countries regarding already signed or pending trade deals with the United States.
US President Donald Trump posts - "Any Country that wants to “play games” with the ridiculous Supreme Court decision, especially those that have “Ripped Off” the U.S.A. for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher Tariff, and worse, than that which they just… pic.twitter.com/Miol56TRLJ
— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2026
"Any country that wants to 'play games' with the ridiculous Supreme Court decision, especially those that have 'ripped off' the U.S.A. for years, and even decades, will be met with a much higher tariff, and worse, than that which they just recently agreed to. BUYER BEWARE!!!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
On Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned Trump's sweeping global tariffs, which had been imposed under an emergency powers law, including "reciprocal" tariffs on nearly all other nations. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not give the president the authority to unilaterally impose such broad tariffs.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing the majority opinion, concluded that the president had overstepped his legal boundaries. Referring to an earlier Supreme Court ruling, Roberts stated, "the President must 'point to clear Congressional authorisation' to justify his extraordinary assertion of the power to impose tariffs," adding, "He cannot."
Trump invoked the 1977 IEEPA to impose tariffs on goods imported from nearly all of the United States' trading partners without Congressional approval. This included countries like China and India, with India facing a 50 per cent tariff until a recent agreement reduced it to 25 per cent, with plans to bring it further down to 18 per cent.
In response to the Supreme Court's ruling, Trump announced that the US would raise baseline tariffs on imports from all countries to 15 per cent, amidst the fallout from the landmark decision.
The tariffs, which Trump had implemented under the emergency powers act, were ruled by the Court to be unjustified under that law.
Trump, angered by the ruling, lashed out at the justices, particularly criticising the Democratic justices who voted against his tariffs, calling them a "disgrace to the nation." He also expressed shame towards the conservative justices on the Court who sided with the decision against his use of emergency powers.