US President Donald Trump assured on Tuesday night that the new tariffs implemented after the recent Supreme Court setback will not require Congressional intervention to become permanent.
The President classified the Supreme Court’s decision as “regrettable” and “totally wrong”, but avoided repeating the harsh personal attacks on judges that he launched last week, and on Tuesday night they attended the session in person at the Capitol.
In his first State of the Union address before Capitol Hill, Trump said the continuation of the global tariffs he recently imposed means “no congressional action will be necessary.”
Last Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on several countries using a law reserved for national emergencies, and overturned part of the previous tariff policy.
This is a rare setback for the Government in the Supreme Court, where the conservatives have a comfortable majority.
But the Republican tycoon assured, before the judges who were watching the speech at the Capitol, that he will use other laws to apply the tariffs, “leading to an even stronger solution than before.”
The President’s speech is being followed with particular interest this year, as the country holds mid-term elections in November, in which Republicans are fighting to maintain their short majority in the Senate and House of Representatives.
“I believe that customs duties, paid by foreign countries, will, as in the past, substantially replace the modern income tax system — greatly easing the financial burden on the people I love,” he said.
However, despite Trump claiming that foreign countries pay American tariffs, it is in reality American importers who pay these taxes.
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