In a series of late-night Truth Social posts early Tuesday, Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. Supreme Court as it considers challenges to his sweeping tariff scheme, claiming a ruling against the policy would be “the biggest threat in history to United States National Security.”

Trump argued that tariffs are essential to preventing the country from becoming “financially defenseless,” insisting the U.S. must be allowed to impose import taxes just as Europe and other nations do. Trump framed the Court’s potential intervention as an existential danger, while linking to an article about European nations weighing tariffs on China as evidence that his approach is being copied abroad.

Trump’s remarks omit a central fact: the current legal jeopardy exists because he chose to impose tariffs by

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