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Trump THROWS DOJ Under the Bus as Tariffs CRASH and BURN at SCOTUS

2025-11-11 News & Politics
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Trump Predicts Supreme Court Loss on Tariffs and Blames Solicitor General

Analyze why Donald Trump is panicking about his tariff scheme before the Supreme Court ruling and how his team’s strategy during oral arguments likely doomed their case.

Short Summary

  • Donald Trump anticipates losing the Supreme Court challenge regarding his broad tariff program, evidenced by a late-night social media attack on Solicitor General John Sauer.
  • The DOJ’s concession that tariffs are "revenue generating" effectively framed them as "taxes," which requires Congressional approval under Article I powers.
  • Justices, including those appointed by Trump, heavily questioned John Sauer’s argument that the tariffs were purely "regulatory" during oral arguments.
  • The feasibility of unwinding the tariffs and returning potentially hundreds of billions in revenue remains a significant administrative hurdle, even if the Court sides with the challengers.

This discussion unpacks the fatal errors in the DOJ’s Supreme Court presentation and contextualizes Trump’s immediate reaction to the unfavorable legal environment.

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Trump finally figured out that he is likely to lose at the Supreme Court who will likely strike down his Tariff scheme and force him to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars, and in a 12:37 am rant, is already blaming his Solicitor General John Sauer for the loss! Popok reports on Trump finally figuring out that he's been lied to by his DOJ and that the oral argument went so horribly for him that even Trump judges won't agree with him. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@MaxK247 2025-11-11

Why hasn’t the court ruled on this already? And F DJT! There is no person more despised on this planet.

339 14 replies
@joncope9175 2025-11-11

He definitely stole the money.

328 26 replies
@KathyHlewko-dq3zv 2025-11-11

Who has the power to audit the government? The money is being siphoned into trumps pockets

233 16 replies
@Carletta-x3g 2025-11-11

The tariffs are a tax. That citizens pay.

168 6 replies
@valuedcustomer2373 2025-11-11

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

113 2 replies
@Carletta-x3g 2025-11-11

We need an audit on our treasury and this admistration.

104 7 replies
@carolinman3243 2025-11-11

It's time for them to Impeach this damn man now

74 5 replies
@milowadlin 2025-11-11

Paying it back by giving tax breaks is an admission that the money came out of the people's pockets in the first place.

65 2 replies
@jamesdrake6864 2025-11-11

Treason Trials! War Crime Trials! Human Rights Violations Trials! Nuremberg, the Regime!

57
@dianaharshey2217 2025-11-11

But where is the 17 trillion he publicly admitted of having from Tarrifs!!!!! Where is it !!!!!!!

39 4 replies

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