White House accuses US court blocking Trump tariffs of ‘judicial overreach’
‘America cannot function’ if a president’s diplomatic or trade negotiations are ‘railroaded by activist judges’, press secretary says
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that trade negotiations were continuing with “countries around the world” despite the ruling by the Court of International Trade late Wednesday.
“Last night, the Trump administration faced another example of judicial overreach,” she said.
Trump, Leavitt argued, had used his “full and proper legal authority” in ordering the “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2 to “address the extraordinary threat to our national security and economy posed by large and persistent annual US goods trade deficits”.
“America cannot function if President Trump, or any other president for that matter, has their sensitive diplomatic or trade negotiations railroaded by activist judges,” the press secretary said.