Gov. Shapiro blasts Trump's tariff policy after Supreme Court rebuke [View all]

Source: ABC News

February 22, 2026, 9:36 AM


After the Supreme Court invalidated most of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff policy, Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said that the president's signature economic agenda has hurt the American people. "I wish he would just adhere to the Supreme Court's ruling and stop the pain for the American people," Shapiro told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz in an interview aired Sunday.

In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the court dealt a major blow to the president's economic agenda. The court's ruling deemed that the International Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) did not give Trump the power to impose tariffs unilaterally.

Following the court's decision, Trump imposed a 15% global tariff, using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. "Other alternatives will now be used to replace the ones that the court incorrectly rejected," Trump said Friday.

Shapiro, who was at the White House for a governor's meeting when the court's decision was released, said he witnessed Trump's first reaction. "He was going on and on about other topics, and an aide interrupted him, handed him a note. He read the note, he asked the aide if that meant, I think he said, 'We lost?' as a question, the aide nodded in affirmation. He called it a disgrace," Shapiro said.

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