Trump Critiques Supreme Court on Tariff Ruling and Birthright Citizenship
This week, President Donald Trump expressed strong disapproval of the Supreme Court’s decision that effectively dismantled a significant portion of his tariff policy, cautioning that a similar ruling regarding his birthright citizenship order could end up favoring China.
In a statement posted on his Truth Social account on Monday, Trump noted that he holds no ill will towards the “Great Three,” the judges who sided with his administration in the tariff case. The Supreme Court is expected to review Trump’s executive order concerning birthright citizenship in the next few months.
Trump remarked, “The Supreme Court of the United States (out of complete lack of respect, I’m going to use lower case for a while!) has accidentally and unwittingly given me, as President of the United States, far more authority and power than I had before that ridiculous, stupid, and highly internationally divisive decision.”
He went on to criticize the court, saying, “Our incompetent Supreme Court has done a great job for the wrong people, and for that they should be ashamed (but not the great three!). Next thing you know, they think the 14th Amendment was written to take care of ‘slave babies.’ It would rule in favor of China and other countries that have made absolute wealth on birthright citizenship, as evidenced by the precise timing of its enactment, submission, and ratification, which was perfectly consistent with the end of the civil war.”
He added, “How much better can we do than that? But this Supreme Court will find a way to reach the wrong conclusion, which will once again make China and other countries happy and wealthy. Let the Supreme Court continue to make decisions that are so vicious and harmful to the future of our country. I have a job to do.”
Trump had signed the birthright citizenship order on his first day in office last year. This order aims to eliminate birthright citizenship for nearly all individuals born in the U.S. to parents who are either unlawfully present or hold temporary legal status. Critics argue that this initiative fundamentally alters nearly 150 years of legal precedent.
The order seeks to reinterpret the 14th Amendment, which declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States,” a claim that Trump administration officials assert has been misconstrued.
The proposed language clarifies that individuals born to undocumented immigrant parents or those on temporary visas would not be granted birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court’s decision on this matter, seen as crucial to Trump’s hard-line immigration policies, may have significant implications for the country.
Meanwhile, opponents label this initiative as unconstitutional and unprecedented, arguing it poses a threat to around 150,000 children born annually in the U.S. to non-citizen parents and about 4.4 million U.S.-born minors living with undocumented parents, according to data from the Pew Research Center.
