{"id":201105,"date":"2026-02-21T05:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lobs-insults-at-us-supreme-court-for-striking-down-his-global-tariffs-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T05:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T05:27:04","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lobs-insults-at-us-supreme-court-for-striking-down-his-global-tariffs-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-lobs-insults-at-us-supreme-court-for-striking-down-his-global-tariffs-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president lobs insults at US supreme court for striking down his global tariffs – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump called justices \u2018fools\u2019 and \u2018disgrace to the nation\u2019 after their rebuke of his aggressive trade tactic \u2013 key US politics stories from 20 February 2026 at a glance
Donald Trump experienced a rare moment in his second term as president Friday: a loss from the nation\u2019s highest court.
The US supreme court<\/a> declared many of Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s tariffs illegal in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president\u2019s aggressive economic agenda.
In a 6-3 ruling, the court decided that a 1977 law designed to address national emergencies did not provide the legal justification for most of the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs<\/a> on countries across the world. It is the first time the court has overruled one of Trump\u2019s second-term policies.
Trump was not happy and, shocking probably no one, lashed out at the justices who ruled against him \u2013 including two he appointed in his first term.
On his Truth Social platform, Trump called the justices who ruled against his tariffs \u201cfools and lap dogs\u201d, \u201cvery unpatriotic\u201d and \u201cdisloyal to the Constitution\u201d, claiming without evidence that the court \u201chas been swayed by Foreign Interests\u201d. In the same post, he also singled out the three conservative dissenters \u2013 Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh \u2013 for praise.
Later at a press conference, Trump added to his insults, saying the six justices who ruled agains his global tariffs were \u201ca disgrace to the nation\u201d and are now \u201cbarely\u201d invited to next week\u2019s State of the Union address at the US Capitol. He also said that the ruling had emboldened him to enact \u201cvery powerful alternatives\u201d to the tariffs declared illegal.
That took shape later Friday when the president signed documents imposing a 10% tariff on all countries, which a White House fact sheet says will take effect Tuesday, 24 February.
Donald Trump on Friday railed against the supreme court justices who blocked his use of tariffs, calling them a \u201cdisgrace to the nation\u201d, and later signed documents imposing a 10% tariff on all countries.
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A federal judge has accused the Trump administration<\/a> of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts<\/a> to deport millions of people.
The judge said that the White House had also \u201cextended its violence on its own citizens\u201d, citing the killings<\/a> of Renee Good in January by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) officer and Alex Pretti in the same month by border patrol, both US citizens and both protesting in Minneapolis.
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The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of a nationwide immigration crackdown in Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s second term. On Friday, DHS said the shooting on South Padre Island last March occurred after the driver intentionally struck an agent.
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In a further retreat from its pledge to ban artificial dyes from food, Donald Trump\u2019s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would loosen labeling requirements to allow companies to state \u201cno artificial colors\u201d, even though products may contain some dangerous substances such as titanium dioxide.
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The US\u2019s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee<\/a>, has contended to the podcaster Tucker Carlson<\/a> that Israel has a biblical right to take over the entire Middle East \u2013 or at least the lion\u2019s share of it. \u201cIt would be fine if they took it all,\u201d Huckabee said to Carlson during an interview posted on Friday.
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Democrats in Florida have condemned Republican colleagues in the state legislature who approved renaming the airport in West Palm Beach to the \u201cPresident Donald J Trump International Airport\u201d, less than a week after lawyers for Trump sought to trademark the name<\/a>.
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New Mexico<\/a> will reopen its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u2019s Zorro ranch in the state after a public pressure campaign for a fuller accounting of the role the location played in the late financier\u2019s sex-trafficking conspiracy.
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Britain and the EU said they were assessing the implications of the US supreme court ruling against Donald Trump\u2019s global tariffs<\/a><\/strong>, while business groups reacted to the court\u2019s announcement with caution.
A $70m aircraft the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering for deportation flights has a luxurious interior and will be used to transport Trump administration officials to engagements in comfort<\/a><\/strong>, according to a report published Friday.
A bill introduced this week by California<\/a> lawmakers would ban federal immigration agents from being stationed outside polling places<\/a><\/strong>, responding to concerns that Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> (ICE) officers could interfere with voting during the November midterm elections.
A rookie congressional candidate in a nine-way Texas primary has received the imprimatur of wealthy hard-right donors<\/a><\/strong> including tech billionaire Peter Thiel<\/a>, Claremont Institute board chair Thomas Klingenstein and Charles Haywood, who once expressed a desire to be a \u201cwarlord\u201d, according to new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings showing early donations to his campaign.
Authorities are investigating whether any criminal negligence was involved in the deadly avalanche that swept California\u2019s Lake Tahoe this week<\/a><\/strong>, which killed at least eight skiers and their guides who were returning from a three-day backcountry skiing trip.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 19 February 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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