Trump ripped for thinly veiled effort to 'intimidate' Supreme Court Justices

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing for a state visit to Britain, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

President Donald Trump, during a Wednesday afternoon, October 15 press conference, discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's tariffs case with reporters and said he may go to the High Court to watch the case.

Trump told reporters, "If we don't have the use of tariffs, we have no national security. This country will have no financial security, will not have national security…. But if we are not allowed to use what other people use against us, there's no defense. It'll be a disaster for America. That's why I think I'm going to go to the Supreme Court to watch it. I've not done that…. I think it's one of the most important cases every brought, because we will be defenseless against the world."

Trump's comments are generating a lot of comments on X, formerly Twitter.

Journalist Aaron Rupar, tweeting video of the press conference, observed, "Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are 'aligned with foreign nations' and adds that he plans to go to the Supreme Court to watch the arguments of the tariffs case."

X user Artie Vandelay commented, "Yes, a President of the United States of America sitting in the gallery of the United States Supreme Court deciding a case involving his administration is totally normal and not intimidating behavior in modern times. Or not."

Similarly, X user Rose Benson posted, "I plan to intimidate the SCOTUS justices."

Denison Barb wrote, "Instead of going to the Court to intimidate the Justices, I wish Trump would stay at the White House and try to lower my grocery, insurance and gas prices" — to which retired nurse Sharon Delgado responded, "Oh, he'll never do anything that might actually help the people, he's in it for glory and $$. You asked too much of him."

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