Trump: Blocking Tariffs Will Bring “Economic Ruination”

ABC News reports:

President Donald Trump said on social media that if the courts rule against his tariffs, it will empower other countries to impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States, leading to economic damage. Such a ruling “would allow other Countries to hold our Nation hostage with their anti-American Tariffs that they would use against us,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site. “This would mean the Economic ruination of the United States of America!”

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick downplayed the impact of legal uncertainty around U.S. tariffs on negotiations with the European Union during an interview on Sunday, saying talks were ongoing. Lutnick, speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” was asked about a Reuters report quoting an unnamed EU official close to negotiations who said the legal uncertainty of the tariffs in the U.S. gave the EU “extra leverage.”

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