President Donald Trump responded to a question from Fox News' Bret Baier about "overly skeptical" Supreme Court justices during Wednesday's hearing over his executive ability to unilaterally impose far-reaching tariffs.

Trump responded during Baier's Special Report interview, "I heard the court case went well today. But I will say this, it would be devastating for our country if we lost that. It's one of the most important cases in the history of our country."

He continued, saying the ability to impose tariffs were, in part, a matter of national security, "As an example President Xi, he hit us with the rare earths, then I hit him with a tariff ... 100 percent tariff on top of the other tariffs that you're paying. Then he called me in 10 minutes and we made a deal."

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