The White House slammed the judge who ruled Trump on the tariff

The White House slammed the judge who ruled Trump on the tariff

The White House on Thursday crashed into a federal judge who had blocked President Donald Trump from being able to impose an important global tariff from the second term agenda.

Trump, who has a long history of chasing judges whose decisions were not approved, on Thursday afternoon had not yet considered two courts who considered several tariffs as “violating the law.”

Press Secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt, however, opened his briefing with a long attack on the legal setback. He called it “Judicial outreach” and asked the nation’s highest court to intervene.

“These judges threatened to damage the credibility of the United States on the world stage,” Leavitt said. “Administration has submitted an emergency motion for delayed appeals and direct administrative relics to record this terrible decision. But in the end, the Supreme Court must end this for our constitution and our country.”

The International Trade Court on Wednesday dropped Trump’s global tariff as “contrary to the law.” The federal appeal court temporarily postponed the temporary decision of the administration challenging the decision, returning the policy for now.

The three judge panels have discovered the International Emergency Economic Strength Act, which Trump leaned to impose his tariff, not giving him “unlimited” forces to force his levies in recent months. They said that the authority for most of the tariffs was in the hands of the congress, and Trump’s tariff was not “an unusual and extraordinary threat” that allows it to act unilaterally.

Leavitt criticized the panel as a “activist judge” although three of its members were appointed to the bench by three different presidents: Trump, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.

“The rationale of the president to force this strong tariff is legally healthy and is based on common sense,” he said. “President Trump correctly believes that America cannot function long -term safely if we cannot measure the capacity of advanced domestic manufacturing, have a safe and critical supply chain, and our defense industry base depends on foreign enemies.”

Press Secretary of the White House Karoline Leavitt spoke during briefing at the White House, May 29, 2025, in Washington.

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“Three judges from the US International Trade Court did not agree and bravely harass their judicial power to seize the authority of President Trump, to stop him from carrying out the mandate given by the American people,” he added.

Leavitt also heralded the Senate controlled by the Republican party rejecting the proposed bipartisan step to block Trump’s tariff. The size failed by the slimmer margin in the sound of 49-49.

“After the day of liberation, the Congress firmly rejected the efforts led by Senator Rand Paul and Democrat to end the president’s reciprocity tariff. The court should not have a role here,” he said.

When Trump announced the long-awaited “Liberation Day” tariff for almost all US trading partners in early April, he considered the chronic trade in the national emergency deficit that “threatened our security and our way of life.”

Since then, he has often changed or delayed the tariff tariffs that were initially set, often resulting in market chaos. 90 days pause about higher levies, called “reciprocity” which is institutionalized so that Trump can work at a trade agreement will end in early July.

ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott asked the White House whether actively reviewed other methods to implement the Trump tariff agenda given the court order.

“The presidential trade policy will continue. We will comply with court orders. But yes, the President has other legal authority where he can apply tariffs,” Leavitt said.

“We can walk and chew gum at the same time,” Leavitt said.

ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh and Peter Charalambous contributed to this report.

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