RCP’s Wegmann to Trump: What Do You Mean The Supreme Court Has Been Swayed By Foreign Interests?
RCP’s Phil Wegmann asked President Trump Friday at his press conference on the Supreme Court’s decision striking down his authority to impose tariffs:
PHIL WEGMANN, REALCLEARPOLITICS: What will you say to foreign nations who seek to renegotiate their deals? And what did you mean a moment ago when you said the Supreme Court has been swayed by foreign interests? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I think the foreign interests are represented by people who I think have undue influence — a lot of influence — over the Supreme Court. Whether it is through fear or respect or friendships, I don’t know. But I know some of the people who were involved on the other side, and I don’t like ’em. I think they’re real slimeballs. You gotta do what’s right for the country. You gotta do what’s right for the Constitution. That’s why I respect so much Justice Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas. They not only dissented, but their dissent is so strong. When you read their dissent, a lot of times you’ll read the dissent and it could go either way. There’s no other way. The good news is, like Justice Kavanaugh said, very strongly, we have other ways we can go. There are numerous other ways you can go. And frankly, this should have been done by presidents many years ago. They allowed our country to be eaten alive. We lost 50% of our car business. We used to make cars, we made all the cars. And then Mexico came, Canada came, Japan and Germany. But they’re all coming back now at record levels.
