THAT probably is NOT a good thing….
The Judges have their jobs for Life….
Donald don’t…..
In addition?
The High Court HAS been under Blistering media attention….
For being in Trump’s pocket….
And?
President Trump does NOT give a shit about the Law, something the courts judges swore to uphold when they got their law licenses….
And?
Donald DOES whine and cry when he doesn’t get his way….
And ‘HIS” way usually goes sideways….
“This completely inept and embarrassing Court was not what the Supreme Court of the United States was set up by our wonderful Founders to be,” the president blared on Truth Social. “They are hurting our Country, and will continue to do so.”
It was a remarkable attack. Until the Feb. 20 tariff ruling, the Trump administration had been touting its winning streak at the Supreme Court. The justices have salvaged Trump’s broadest efforts to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of noncitizens in the United States, allowed him to assert unprecedented control of once-independent agencies and unilaterally slash congressionally authorized spending.
The court, as Trump knows, is arguably responsible for his return to power in the first place: The justices blocked an effort by some blue states to keep Trump off the 2024 ballot by labeling him an insurrectionist responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. And the court’s decision to adopt a sweeping view of presidential immunity helped stave off special counsel Jack Smith’s most potent criminal case against Trump.
But to Trump, that’s ancient history.
The core of the attack is the frustration that Trump often exhibits when he brushes up against the limits of his power. He spent Sunday lashing out at the news media, cheering on FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threat to revoke broadcast licenses for stations that report unfavorably on the war in Iran, and lamenting his inability to control the independent Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions.
Trump describes the high court’s recent rejection of his unfettered ability to levy tariffs against American trading partners as a deeply personal affront — one that contradicted the ethos of his entire decade in public life.
Since the stinging tariffs decision last month, Trump has seemed fixated on the ruling, weighing in against the high court every few days.
“Our Country was unnecessarily RANSACKED by the United States Supreme Court,” he wrote Sunday….
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“All I can do, as President, is call them out for their bad behavior!” Trump lamented of the co-equal branch. He even acknowledged his vent session could be a strategic blunder: “This statement about the United States Supreme Court will cause me nothing but problems in the future, but I feel it is my obligation to speak the TRUTH.”
That admission comes as Trump has appeared powerless at times to shape the fallout of his own decisions — even though they may control his, and his party’s, fate. The war in Iran has rattled markets and sent gas prices surging, while Americans have largely looked askance at the prospect of a prolonged military conflict that has already claimed the lives of several American service members.
His effort to suppress interest in the sex trafficking operation run by late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein went largely ignored and has drawn extensive international attention and an expansive review by Congress — rare pushback by the GOP-controlled House against Trump’s own appointees.
Meanwhile, Trump’s MAGA coalition appears to be splintering over the war in Iran, with factions accusing each other of being shills for foreign governments or even criticizing Trump for falling victim to interventionist forces in Washington…..
Note…
Alito & Co. HAD his back there for a while….
But?
The Tariff ruling pulled the rug out from underneath him….
He missed up on his own with his typical OVER Reaching…..
image….NBC News
New Open Thread IS HERE….
War Isn’t the Only Thing on Trump’s Mind
President Trump spoke to journalists for about 40 minutes before holding a news conference on Monday, offering a glimpse into his priorities.
…Before he even took a single question, Mr. Trump went on a series of tangents that were notable even for a president who boasts about his oratorical “weave.” All told, his remarks were a glimpse into the priorities of a wartime commander in chief.
For about the first 10 minutes, Mr. Trump did speak about the war — reiterating calls for U.S. allies to join in the effort to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, while also saying that the United States did not actually need any help. He did not mention the 13 U.S. service members who have died since the war began.
But for the next half-hour, he veered from topic to topic: He spoke about his track record as a project manager and his coveted ballroom under construction. He detailed the private medical history of Representative Neal Dunn, Republican of Florida. He discussed the breast cancer diagnosis of his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who had revealed it publicly less than an hour before.
In no particular order, he also insulted his predecessors, said Disney had gone “woke” and attacked the chairman of the Federal Reserve — then spoke about his excitement over the World Cup and an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House.
He also spoke about the planned makeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — the original topic of the day’s appearance, before Mr. Trump said he would hold a news conference at the start….
There’s More….