Trump has plan for instant strike back if Supreme Court rules against him: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

January 19, 2026 12:45PM ET


President Donald Trump has a plan for an instant strike back if the Supreme Court rules against his tariffs, according to a report Monday.

In an interview with The New York Times, the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer — Trump's top trade negotiator — revealed that the president intends to impose tariffs no matter what. And even if the high court's ruling does not favor his current trade policies, he has readied actions to put levies in place to replace them "almost immediately."

Even if the Supreme Court rules his tariffs unconstitutional in its ruling, which could come as soon as Tuesday, Trump has plans to add new tariffs to “start the next day” and “to respond to the problems the president has identified," Greer told The Times.

Trump has leaned on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law, to justify his use of global tariffs issued on U.S. trade partners throughout his first year in office. The Supreme Court will determine if his authority could be revoked. “The reality is the president is going to have tariffs as part of his trade policy going forward,” Greer said.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-trump-tariffs/

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Link to NYT article - Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate

(today is Jan. 19 and I only have 1 NYT gift link left, so am trying to save that to cover the rest of the month)

[bluestarone]

1. These fuckers are way out of line!!

[COL Mustard]

6. Can you please narrow it down a little bit?

There are so many to choose from.

[popsdenver]

9. Simple

Trump's entire CABAL, including quite stupid/ignorant advisors, appointees and cabinet members......And then:
Every last Republican Senator, Every last Republican House Members, and best of all the Republican US Supreme Court Justices.
Oh,.......
And for good measure, the entire FOX Corporation, and RW Radio stations and the RW Idiotic influencers.....

[OGBuzz]

16. I think his rhetoric about a third term is no joke, he is signalling his intentions.

If there is an election in 2028 and the Democrats win the Presidency they better not waffle on the retribution. They will need to fill up Guantanamo and throw away the keys. Better yet, open up a gulag in Greenland, with Norway's and Greenland's permission of course. Camp Polar Bear.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

21. "Norway's and Greenland's permission"???

Do you mean Denmark and Greenland?

I know the Old Man's nonsensical behaviour over the last few days seems to obscure the fact that Norway has nothing to do with Greenland, but don't let him confuse you.

Don't let the crazy win!

Or maybe it was just a typo. I've been known to overreact sometimes.

[OGBuzz]

27. Sorry, my attempt at being facetious.

Trump addressed his letter to Jonas Gahr Store, the PM of Norway and complained that his country did not give him the Nobel Peace Prize.


“Dear Jonas,” the president wrote to Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.

“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS.....

[popsdenver]

33. They would not only have to win

The presidency, but the simple majority in the house and senate, and to really progress, they would need a Super Majority. Sadly

And, most people don't truly realize that it is the almost exclusively Pro Republican CORPORATIONS, that control the Republican Politicians.......The Republican Politicians are quite literally, the best Politicans that money can buy...(And do)
And, believe me, those Corporations have been having their way for decades, and they will not lose their immense power.
It was hard enough for FDR to introduce all the agencies, rules and regulations........It would be a long drawn out nightmare for the Dems to try to re-install all those regulatory agencies that Reagan, Cheney, and Trump's Republicans have already obliterated.
It will literally take decades of complete power to take the country back to Pre-Trump days. That is the with the stuff we DO know, and I am sure there is much that we DON'T know that has gone on by 2025 etc in the shadows...

[popsdenver]

8. Trump is

weaponizing Tariffs, along with every thing else he is weaponizing like the FBI, DOJ, IRS, DEA, ATF, FEC, FTC, etc etc

Before, all he had was a few ding-dong-dufus, bottom of the graduating class, lawyers.....

[NotHardly]

2. Somebody legitimately needs to stop this POS before he kills the U.S.

[bsiebs]

4. That somebody is Congress... good luck with these republicans...

[CrispyQ]

5. Seems we're at the point the only two who can stop him are the republicans in congress or the grim reaper. -nt

[popsdenver]

10. Bravo CQ

We are, in my opinion, past the point of no return...........

If I had an eduction, I would write, the many Journals about the past 45+ years, with the title of:

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT, ........(the herd of charging Elephants were going all out) Pun intended.....

[Kablooie]

24. The only remedy is impeachment and conviction.

This is all 100% the responsibility of Repubs in Congress.

[Miguelito Loveless]

30. The US is effectively dead for

the next 4-5 decades. No one will ever trust us after this.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. He's gonna bomb any luxury RV he can find on DC's roads (nt)

[ArizonaLib]

7. The SCOTUS might as well determine that there is no international emergency

if they are against this round of tariffs. They can narrowly rule based on this case alone or in personal and/or ideological interest rule outside the issues in this case (as they routinely do) to determine that there is no right for the president to unilaterally apply tariffs. The originalists on the court can rule that the 1970''s international emergency act is unconstitutional. A real international emergency can be determined by congress.

[mdbl]

11. And the spineless GOP Congress just sits there fingering their butts.

[NorCalBlue]

12. They are going to "Rule themselves" right out of a job

Because as they continue to hand over their own power, as well as the Legislative branch’s power, to just the executive branch, at some point there won’t be any need for them anymore.

This Judicial branch trend is the most self-defeating thing they could do.

[Martin68]

13. Will Republicans continue to stand by while Trump dismantles the Constitution article by article?

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[iemanja]

15. And their POS voters as well, who may be even worse.

[Kablooie]

23. They already are.

As long as the billionaires are getting richer they are absolutely fine with the country being destroyed.

[iemanja]

14. Criminal

[mountain grammy]

17. I don't think the six republicans will rule against him.

They’re in the bag.

[Prairie Gates]

20. Exactly right: the Corrupt Six will find a way for Trump to do whatever he wants

Vergogna, indeed.

[Orrex]

18. Holy fuck why the fuck doesn't he just fucking die already?

And I never want to hear another peep out of anyone about "karma." If karma were a thing, he'd have fallen into a wood chipper in infancy and suffered 79 years of agony before finally dying.

[Mawspam2]

19. Because evil never dies.

See: Cheney, Dick
Kissinger, Henry

[Kablooie]

22. If he can't be impeached and removed he can do literally anything he wants.

There are no restrictions for a president who can’t be impeached and convicted.
This is 100% on all the Republicans in congress. They have the power but instead decide to allow Trump to tear the country down.

Well, as long as he’s making the billionaires richer it’s all okay.

[DallasNE]

25. If It Walks Like A Tariff And Quacks Like A Tariff

It is a tariff. It doesn't matter if it is rubber-stamped a levy. Sure, he will issue still another Executive Order but where is the legal framework for such an Executive Order? It is not in the Constitution. Besides, the Supreme Court decision should anticipate an end-run and cut it off at the pass.

[Deminpenn]

26. Trump may not know, but his RW advisers do, that SCOTUS has no

mechanism to enforce its orders. It relies solely on everyone being willing to abide by its decisions. Trump isn't.

[OldBaldy1701E]

28. Hmm.. seems to me that I read somewhere on here that a poster said that they cannot be trusted to adhere to the courts.

I believe that person has said it many, many times, in fact.

Let me think... who was it that kept saying that the orange gibbon would just ignore the courts and do whatever he wants.

I am sure I saw it on here...

[wolfie001]

29. Coffee prices at all the stores in my area are outrageous

And every penny increase is the direct result of the actions of the fat orange imbecile.
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[Scrivener7]

31. He says he has a plan. That means he doesn't. Seriously.

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Oh he has a plan

i.e., to ignore any SCOTUS ruling and do what he wants.

[bluestarone]

36. Hell, they are already saying CONGRESS can do nothing to stop them.

So even when we win in November they will just Disregard every bill we pass. They are openly proving what they are planning to do.Who will stop them? Like i said, Minnesota is where the fight is, and id they are not stopped in MIn, they won't be stopped without a civil war!

[BumRushDaShow]

37. They have backed down on quite a bit for a number of things

given well over a thousand suits filed (not all even reported). But there are certain things that they are doing where they have chosen to "test" the veracity of the system after going all the way out on the limb without an "exit strategy" (e.g., the Abrego Garcia case). So we will see what they do here.

[sakabatou]

34. If they have the power to, the court's bailiff, if they have one

needs to remove Dump by force, and put him in lock-up.

[jmowreader]

35. How hard would it be...

...to request McDonald's restaurants in DC and Palm Beach start cooking fries in 100-percent cholesterol?