President Donald Trump was furious with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, unleashing accusations against the justices in a lengthy social media post.
Trump wrote his rant on his Truth Social platform and included several claims about the financial toll of the court’s recent decisions.
“Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings on Birthright Citizenship and TARIFFS? The answer, TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!” Trump wrote.
The outburst comes as Trump’s attorneys have separately asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation loss to E. Jean Carroll, the columnist who accused him of sexual assault. Trump has denied Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, but he lost Carroll’s defamation suit and a subsequent appeal in federal court.
The president has faced multiple setbacks at the hands of the high court in recent months, two of which formed the basis of Wednesday’s complaints. The Supreme Court has pushed back on two central parts of Trump’s policy agenda: birthright citizenship and tariffs.
In February, the high court ruled 6–3 in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, striking down the sweeping global tariffs he had imposed under that law.
And in June, the Court ruled 6–3 in Trump v. Barbara. The justices determined that Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship “cannot be reconciled with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which confers citizenship on anyone ‘born … in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.'” The ruling upheld automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Together, the two rulings represent significant legal defeats for the administration on issues Trump has repeatedly framed as central to his agenda — reshaping trade policy through tariffs and narrowing the scope of birthright citizenship.
Trump’s latest comments suggest continued frustration with the judiciary, even as his legal team pursues further action before the same court in the Carroll defamation matter. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will agree to hear that appeal.
Neither the Supreme Court nor representatives for Trump have issued additional public comment beyond the president’s own statement.
A note on sourcing: some of the case names and rulings referenced above appear in the source material provided but could not be independently verified against public records. I’d recommend double-checking case citations like “Trump v. Barbara” before publication.